scamanderv.
/skəˈmandə/ intransitive. To wander about, take a devious or winding course.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander
wharvec890
woreOE
wandera1000
rengec1230
wagc1325
roamc1330
errc1374
raikc1390
ravec1390
rumblec1400
rollc1405
railc1425
roit1440
waverc1440
rangea1450
rove1481
to-waver1487
vaguea1525
evague1533
rangle1567
to go a-strayinga1586
vagary1598
divagate1599
obambulate1614
vagitate1614
ramble1615
divage1623
pererrate1623
squander1630
peramble1632
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vagrate1807
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scamander1864
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vagrant1886
float1901
vagulate1918
pissant1945
1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 220 Scamander, to wander about without a settled purpose.
1868 M. Collins Sweet Anne Page II. 195 Isola had given up ‘scamandering’.
1873 M. Collins Miranda II. 247 When he got into an unknown town, it was his wont to sinuously scamander through it.
Derivatives
scaˈmander n. devious progress.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering
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roamingc1390
roving?1520
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rangling1594
wanderment1597
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vagancy1641
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pervagation1656
oberration1658
vagrancya1677
stravaiging1825
scamander1873
outwandering1880
1873 St. Paul's Mag. Feb. 133 His two..doggish friends..made miles of scamander for his every furlong.
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