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cavorted

[kuh-vawrt]

Origin

verb (used without object)

1.

to prance or caper about.

2.

to behave in a high-spirited, festive manner; make merry.

Origin:
1785–95, Americanism; earlier cavault, perhaps cur(vet) + vault²

Related forms

ca·vort·er, noun

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Word Origin & History

cavort

1793, cauvaut, Amer.Eng., probably from ca- colloquial intens. prefix + vault "jump, leap."

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