† irresiantadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Non-resident, having no residence.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a way of life
wanderingc1400
walking1491
vagrant1546
unsettled1593
Scenite1600
irresianta1657
nomad1798
nomadical1801
seatless1807
nomadic1818
nomade1819
semi-nomadic1843
nomad-pastoral1880
semi-nomad1948
a1657 G. Daniel Idyllia in Poems (1878) IV. iii. 97 New Letters-pattents give Vs Libertie to wander with a Breife; Irresiant, now content.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.a1657- to be closeted together
- to be closeted with
- to be coloured
- to be come as second nature (to
- to be come etc second nature (to
- to be come up with
- to be coming a person's way
- to be compromised
- to be compunct
- to be concerned in art or part
- to be concerned in either art or part
- to be condescended
- to be confessed of
- to be confined
- to be conjured
- to be consented
- to be consented to
- to be contained under
- to be coupled with
- to be covered
- to be covined
- to be cracked about or on
- to be crazy about or for
- to be crazy about or for a person
- to be credibly informed