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wandering

[ won-der-ing ]

adjective

  1. moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling:

    Crowds of wandering tourists crossed the square.

  2. having no permanent residence; nomadic:

    They were historically a wandering people, moving seasonally through the area.

  3. meandering; winding:

    They followed a wandering path down the mountain.



noun

  1. an aimless roving about; leisurely traveling from place to place:

    For our honeymoon we had a period of delightful wandering through Italy.

  2. Usually ɲ··Բ.
    1. aimless travels; meanderings:

      Her wanderings took her all over the world.

    2. disordered thoughts or utterances; incoherencies:

      mental wanderings;

      the wanderings of delirium.

  3. seemingly aimless or random movement from one place to another by a person with a mental or cognitive disability or impairment: elopement ( def 2 ).

    Wandering by Alzheimer’s patients is a problem in nursing homes.

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Other Word Forms

  • ɲ··Բ· adverb
  • ɲ··Բ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·ɲ··Բ adjective
  • un·ɲ··Բ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wandering1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English (noun, adjective), Old English wandrigende (adjective); wander ( def ), -ing 2( def ), -ing 1( def )
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Francis, meanwhile, continued his anthropological wanderings, carrying whatever insights or regrets he gained from that night into his studies of other cultures' sacred rituals.

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He said he had been wandering up to the pub with a friend for "one last drink", when he heard an "almighty explosion".

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Spend time, however, wandering the land, which is welcoming due to the water track that hosts Fyre Drill.

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His brash character in “Midsommar” remains a connective point for fans, even though Poulter claims he had the easiest job on set since he was “just wandering around vaping and making d— jokes.”

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The focus is on Bloom’s wanderings through Dublin on June 16, 1904, the day his wife, Molly, a noted singer, begins an affair with a professional colleague named Blazes Boylan.

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