wandered

[won-der] Origin

wan·der

[won-der]
verb (used without object)
1.
to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
2.
to go aimlessly, indirectly, or casually; meander: The river wanders among the rocks.
3.
to extend in an irregular course or direction: Foothills wandered off to the south.
4.
to move, pass, or turn idly, as the hand or the eyes.
5.
(of the mind, thoughts, desires, etc.) to take one direction or another without conscious intent or control: His attention wandered as the speaker droned on.
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6.
to stray from a path, place, companions, etc.: During the storm the ship wandered from its course.
7.
to deviate in conduct, belief, etc.; err; go astray: Let me not wander from Thy Commandments.
8.
to think or speak confusedly or incoherently.
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verb (used with object)
9.
to travel about, on, or through: He wandered the streets.

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Wandered is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
noun
10.
Mechanics. the drift of a gyroscope or a similar device.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English wandren, Old English wandrian (cognate with German wandern), frequentative of wendan to wend; see -er6

wan·der·er, noun
out·wan·der, verb (used with object)


1. range, stroll. 2. saunter. 6. swerve, veer. 8. ramble, rave.

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wander
O.E. wandrian "move about aimlessly, wander," from W.Gmc. *wandrojan (cf. O.Fris. wondria, M.L.G., M.Du. wanderen, Ger. wandern "to wander," a variant form of the root represented in O.H.G. wantalon "to walk, wander"), from base *wend- "to turn" (see wind (v.)). In ref. to
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the mind, affections, etc., attested from c.1400. The Wandering Jew of Christian legend first mentioned 13c. (cf. Fr. le juif errant, Ger. der ewige Jude).
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