Of people or animals: that moves from place to place or from country to country without readily apparent purpose; travelling to a vague (or distant)…
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释义 | society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering (103) wanderingc1000 Of people or animals: that moves from place to place or from country to country without readily apparent purpose; travelling to a vague (or distant)… erringa1340 That errs in senses of the verb: †wandering, roaming (obsolete); deviating from the right or intended course, missing the mark; that is in error, or… waggeringa1382 vagant1382 Wandering, roaming, roving; travelling or moving from place to place; having no settled home or abiding-place. Cf. vagrant, n. 3. vagabond1426 Of persons, etc.: Roaming or wandering from place to place without settled habitation or home; leading a wandering life; nomadic. In predicative use. erroneousa1464 Wandering, roving; moving aimlessly, vagrant. Also quasi-adv. Obsolete. fugitive1481 Moving from place to place; flitting, shifting, vagabond. Also figurative. Fickle. wavering1487 Wandering, vagrant. Obsolete. vagrantc1522 figurative. Wandering, straying, roving; inconstant, unsettled, wayward, etc. gadding1545 That gads or gads about; (in early use) that goes astray; wandering, roving; (now usually) that goes to many social events or travels to many places… roaming1566 That roams or wanders. roving1576 Esp. of a person or animal: that travels from place to place without fixed route or destination; wandering, roaming; nomadic; (also) marauding. straggling1589 That straggles. Of persons, animals, ships, etc.: Straying apart from companions or the main body; roving or wandering at random; †vagabond, vagrant. rambling?1609 Of a person or thing: that rambles; wandering, moving about, or straying from one place to another; roving. wagand1614 Variant of vagand, present participle of vague, v.1 Scottish. Obsolete; also as n. a vagrant. wheelinga1616 That wheels, in various senses. Moving, or executed as a movement, in a circle or similar curve; circling. †In first quot., wandering about, roving. gadling1616 That wanders, travels, or roams. Also (in quot. 1928): that goes about gossiping. Cf. gadding, adj. 1, gadabout, adj. Obsolete. vagring1619 Vagrant, wandering; nomadic. erratical1620 Wandering. vaguing1627 Wandering, roving. erratic1656 Wandering from place to place; vagrant; nomadic. Obsolete; shading off into 4. planetical1656 figurative. Wandering, itinerant. Obsolete. rare. waif1724 adj. (Scottish) Stray, wandering, homeless: = waff, adj. 1. vagrarious1795 Vagrant, wandering. stravaiging1825 vagarious1882 Wandering, roaming, roving. pirooting1958 Subcategories:— not (2) — wandering over (2) — that one can wander in (1) — inclined to or characterized by wandering (12) — wearied with wandering (1) — wandering much or extensively (2) — wandering far (1) — wandering everywhere (1) — wandering the streets (1) — wandering alone (2) — at night (3) — idly (1) — in search of adventure (1) — in search of prey or plunder (1) — as a way of life (17) — as a vagabond or tramp (28) |
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