† pererrationn.
Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).
An act or instance of wandering.
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society > travel > [noun] > travelling about
raik?c1350
perambulation?c1500
coursing1569
pererration1611
1611 Bp. J. Hall Epist. III. v. ii. 25 What need wee to..spend our daies in a perpetuall pererration?
1658 J. Evelyn Let. 8 Nov. in Diary & Corr. (1852) III. 107 Unless..noblemen make wiser provisions for their educations abroad, above..the ordinary commerce and import of their wild per-errations.
1868 J. Oswald et al. Etymol. Dict. Eng. Lang. 36/2 Pererration, Per; erro.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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