wanderings

[won-der-ing]

wan·der·ing

[won-der-ing]
adjective
1.
moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling: wandering tourists.
2.
having no permanent residence; nomadic: a wandering tribe of Indians.
3.
meandering; winding: a wandering river; a wandering path.
noun
4.
an aimless roving about; leisurely traveling from place to place: a period of delightful wandering through Italy.
5.
Usually, wanderings.
a.
aimless travels; meanderings: Her wanderings took her all over the world.
b.
disordered thoughts or utterances; incoherencies: mental wanderings; the wanderings of delirium.

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Wanderings is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English (noun, adj.), Old English wandrigende (adj.). See wander, -ing2, -ing1

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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wandering wan·der·ing (wŏn'dər-ĭng)
adj.
Moving about freely; not fixed; abnormally motile.

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