English
gadder
Gadder comes from English gad ‘gallivant’.
- English1500–presentgad‘gallivant’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1662gadder
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentgad‘gallivant’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1662gadder
Earliest quotation: a. 1662, Thomas Fuller, Durham: “He was no gadder abroad, credible Authors avouching that…”
A compound of gad ‘gallivant’ + -er
Every English word from English gad
Today it means
noun One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English gad / gadder