cavault
cavault is the obsolete form of cavort.
Meaning of cavort
Verb
cavort (third-person singular simple present cavorts, present participle cavorting, simple past and past participle cavorted)
- To prance, frolic, gambol.
- […] when the young man whirled his horse, “hazed” Jupiter in circles and belaboured him with a rawhide quirt, […] He ceased his cavortings […]1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter I, in The Understanding Heart
- To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.
- And dragon-flies sported around and cavorted, / As poets say dragon-flies ought to do; […]1900, Guy Wetmore Carryl, “The Embarrassing Episode of Little Miss Muffet”, in Mother Goose for Grownups
- To engage in extravagant pursuits, especially of a sexual nature.
- As he moves back into the shadows, the stage is taken over by a troupe of Pan-like dancers, leaping and cavorting in an obscene ballet.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 94
Forms of cavault
| third-person singular present | cavaults |
|---|---|
| present participle | cavaulting |
| past participle | cavaulted |
| past | cavaulted |
Questions about cavault
- What is cavault the obsolete form of?
- Cavault is the obsolete form of cavort.
Words near cavault in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cavault (page history and authors); cavort (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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