wandering

[ won-der-ing ]
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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.

  1. 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 wan·der·ings.

    • aimless travels; meanderings: Her wanderings took her all over the world.

    • disordered thoughts or utterances; incoherencies: mental wanderings;the wanderings of delirium.

  1. seemingly aimless or random movement from one place to another by a person with a mental or cognitive disability or impairment: Wandering by Alzheimer’s patients is a problem in nursing homes.: See also elopement (def. 2).

Origin of wandering

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English (noun, adjective), Old English wandrigende (adjective); see wander, -ing2, -ing1

Other words from wandering

  • wan·der·ing·ly, adverb
  • wan·der·ing·ness, noun
  • un·wan·der·ing, adjective
  • un·wan·der·ing·ly, adverb

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