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wandering

wan·de·ring

UK/ˈwɒndəɹɪŋ/ US/ˈwɑndəɹɪŋ/ fairly common

adjective

1.

(of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently

  • “a restless mobile society”
  • “the nomadic habits of the Bedouins”
  • “believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future”
  • “wandering tribes”
2.

of a path e.g.

  • “meandering streams”
  • “rambling forest paths”
  • “the river followed its wandering course”
  • “a winding country road”
3.

having no fixed course

  • “an erratic comet”
  • “his life followed a wandering course”
  • “a planetary vagabond”
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noun

1.

travelling about without any clear destination

  • “she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him”

Origin

From wander + -ing.

Phrases

  • wandering abscess
  • wandering albatross
  • wandering cell
  • wandering dune
  • wandering Jew
  • wandering kidney
  • wandering liver
  • wandering mouse

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