solivagantadj.n.
/səˈlɪvəɡənt/ A. adj.
Wandering about alone; characterized by going alone.In Phillips, Bailey, etc.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > wandering alone
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a1638 J. Mede Apostasy Latter Times (1641) 142 All that crew of hypocrites, whether solivagant Hermites, or Anchorites,..or Coenobites.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Solivagant,..that goes here and there alone, and flies company, wandering all alone, solitary.
1842 United Service Mag. ii. 5 The solivagant habit..is principally confined to intercourse with his peers, for he is usually attended by two or three..pilot-fish.
B. n.
A person who wanders about alone.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] > person
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wanderer > alone
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1621 T. Granger Familiar Expos. Eccles. iv. 99 A Description of the impure drudge;..That is to say, a soliuagant, or solitary vagrant.
1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 297 Jacob seems to be..a meer soli-vagant, or solitary vagrant.
1899 ‘G. F. Monkshood’ & G. Gamble R. Kipling 160 Dick walks out..and plays the solivagant for about ten years.
Derivatives
soˈlivagous adj. rare.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > wandering alone
solivaganta1638
solivagous1727
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Solivagous, wandring alone, solitary.
1836 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 524/1 A few sneaking, solivagous, thievish, rat-like looking anglers, creeping and stealing about the river and aits.
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