Gadded
Translation- Gadded
- Gad Gad, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gadded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gadding}.] [Prob. fr. gad, n., and orig. meaning to drive
about.]
To walk about; to rove or go about, without purpose; hence,
to run wild; to be uncontrolled. ``The gadding vine.''
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? --Jer. ii. 36. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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