the state or condition of being a vagabond; vagrant way of life
: also ˈvagaˌbondˌism (ˈvægəˌbɑnˌdɪzəm)
2.
vagabonds collectively
Word origin
Fr: see vagabond & -age
vagabondage in American English
(ˈvæɡəˌbɑndɪdʒ)
noun
1.
the state or condition of being a vagabond; idle wandering
2.
vagabonds collectively
Also called: vagabondism
Word origin
[1805–15; vagabond + -age]This word is first recorded in the period 1805–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backlash, napoleon, one-sided, platinum, soufflé-age is a suffix typically forming mass or abstract nouns from various parts of speech,occurring originally in loanwords from French (voyage; courage) and productive in English with the meanings “aggregate” (coinage; peerage; trackage), “process” (coverage; breakage), “the outcome of” as either “the fact of” or “the physical effect or remains of”(seepage; wreckage; spoilage), “place of living or business” (parsonage; brokerage), “social standing or relationship” (bondage; marriage; patronage), and “quantity, measure, or charge” (footage; shortage; tonnage; towage)