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[ noh-mad -ik ] SHOW IPA
/ noʊˈmæd ɪk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads.
Origin of nomadic From the Greek word nomadikós, dating back to 1810–20. See nomad, -ic
OTHER WORDS FROM nomadic no·mad·i·cal·ly, adverb non·no·mad·ic, adjective non·no·mad·i·cal·ly, adverb sem·i·no·mad·ic, adjective
sem·i·no·mad·i·cal·ly, adverb un·no·mad·ic, adjective un·no·mad·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Words nearby nomadic Noludar, Nolvadex, nom., noma, nomad, nomadic , nomadism, nomadize, No man can serve two masters, No man is an island, no man's land
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Example sentences from the Web for nomadic The novel is told from the perspectives of former home designer Bea and her young daughter, Agnes, who are among the few selected to live an experimentally nomadic life in one of the world’s last natural places, known as the Wilderness State.
3 New Novels Show a Natural World in Peril | Erin Berger| October 3, 2020| Outside Online
One big hoax was that because Mongolians eat very healthily and live in traditional nomadic lifestyles, we would not get the virus and had a “natural immunity.”
How Mongolia has kept the coronavirus at bay | Tate Ryan-Mosley| August 18, 2020| MIT Technology Review
Today, even the majority of herders and nomadic people have satellite TV with solar energy, so they can still access information.
How Mongolia has kept the coronavirus at bay | Tate Ryan-Mosley| August 18, 2020| MIT Technology Review
So, he approached his nomadic friends to gauge their interest in the collaboration.
London’s Pagan Counterculture Kings | Justin Jones| October 12, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Some, like Pete, who McKell has become quite close with, have migrated to and from other types of nomadic communities.
London’s Pagan Counterculture Kings | Justin Jones| October 12, 2014| DAILY BEAST
In reality, the Iraqi borders had been arbitrarily drawn and disregarded 2,000 years of tribal, sectarian, and nomadic occupation.
Gertrude of Arabia, the Woman Who Invented Iraq | Clive Irving| June 17, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Often, segregation is blamed on the Roma themselves, whom many accuse of not wanting to integrate due to a “nomadic culture.”
Roma Children Face Segregation In EU Schools | Amana Fontanella-Khan| March 8, 2014| DAILY BEAST
That warred-over political geography lie at the heart of man and legend—and the nomadic Apache world.
The Bin Laden of His Day? A New Biography of Geronimo | Marc Wortman| December 5, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Sea Lapps intermarry much with river Lapps, and also with nomadic Lapps.
The Land of the Long Night | Paul du Chaillu
Moab was more exposed to the inroads of its nomadic neighbours from the wilderness than its sister-kingdom of Ammon.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations | Archibald Sayce
Occasionally the dainty clover-leaf design, represented in Plate I, Fig. 10, is used by the nomadic weavers.
Oriental Rugs | Walter A. Hawley
Perhaps it is connected with the nomadic nature of his mind.
George Bernard Shaw | Gilbert K. Chesterton
He was a nomadic Lapp, but had come to visit his sister, who had married a Sea Lapp.
The Land of the Long Night | Paul du Chaillu
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British Dictionary definitions for nomadic adjective relating to or characteristic of nomads or their way of life
Derived forms of nomadic nomadically , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to nomadic peripatetic, wandering, pastoral, gypsy, migrant, migratory, roaming, roving, traveling, vagabond, vagrant, wayfaring, drifting, itinerate, perambulatory