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itinerary

[ahy-tin-uh-rer-ee, ih-tin-] Origin

i·tin·er·ar·y

[ahy-tin-uh-rer-ee, ih-tin-] noun, plural -ar·ies, adjective
noun
1.
a detailed plan for a journey, especially a list of places to visit; plan of travel.
2.
a line of travel; route.
3.
an account of a journey; record of travel.
4.
a book describing a route or routes of travel with information helpful to travelers; guidebook for travelers.
adjective
5.
of or pertaining to travel or travel routes.
6.
Obsolete. itinerant.

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Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin itinerārium, noun use of neuter of itinerārius of a journey, equivalent to itiner- (stem of iter) journey (see iter) + -ārius -ary
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itinerary (aɪˈtɪnərərɪ, ɪ-)
 
n , pl -aries
1.  a plan or line of travel; route
2.  a record of a journey
3.  a guidebook for travellers
 
adj
4.  of or relating to travel or routes of travel
5.  a less common word for itinerant

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itinerary
mid-15c., "route of travel," from L.L. itinerarium "account of a journey," from noun use of neut. of itinerarius "of a journey," from L. itineris (see itinerant). By late 15c. it meant "record of a journey;" extended sense "sketch of a proposed route" is from 1856.
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