"social butterfly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: social butterflies [plural]
Etymology: In reference to a butterfly's habit of flitting from one flower to the next. Head templates: {{en-noun}} social butterfly (plural social butterflies)
  1. A gregarious person who likes to attend parties and other social gatherings; a people person. Categories (topical): People, Personality Synonyms: gadabout, gadfly Translations (person who likes to attend parties and other social gatherings): 交際花 (Chinese Mandarin), 交际花 (jiāojìhuā) (Chinese Mandarin), bilehile (Finnish), papillon social [rare] (French), pirixel (Galician), perexil (Galician), arroz de festa (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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