Literary notes about GAMBOL (AI summary)
In literature, "gambol" is employed to evoke an image of joyful, unrestrained movement, whether in animals or humans. For example, Santayana uses the word to describe the frolicsome behavior of young animals—and even men, albeit rarely when their intentions are serious [1]. Rabelais similarly infuses the term with a sense of unbridled merriment during revelry [2]. By contrast, Irving refers to the lingering effects of such spirited play in an evening's party, suggesting a memorable episode of exuberance [3]. Tolstoy, meanwhile, presents the word in relation to a young horse's playful energy in a yard, reinforcing the natural, effortless propensity to joyous movement [4].
- Young animals often gambol in a delightful fashion, and men also may, though hardly when they intend to do so.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - At the whole frisk and gambol.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais - He determined to revisit the scene of the last evening’s gambol, and if he met with any of the party, to demand his dog and gun.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving - Then he ran back to the shed pulling the playful young horse, who wanted to gambol all over the yard, by the rein.
— from Master and Man by graf Leo Tolstoy
