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wan·der·lust    Audio Help   [won-der-luhst] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.

[Origin: 1850–55; < G, equiv. to wander(n) to wander + Lust desire; see lust]
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wan·der·lust    Audio Help   (wŏn'dər-lŭst')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A very strong or irresistible impulse to travel.


[German : wandern, to wander (from Middle High German) + Lust, desire (from Middle High German, from Old High German; see las- in Indo-European roots).]

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wanderlust 
1902, from Ger. Wanderlust, lit. "desire for wandering" (see lust).

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wanderlust

noun
very strong or irresistible impulse to travel 

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ˈwanderlust noun
the wish to travel
Example: He's always travelling — his wanderlust will never be satisfied.
Arabic: شَهْوَة السَّفَر
Chinese (Simplified): 旅行癖
Chinese (Traditional): 旅行癖
Czech: cestovní vášeň
Danish: rejselyst
Dutch: reislust
Estonian: rännukirg
Finnish: vaellusvietti
French: passion du voyage
German: die Wanderslust
Greek: λαχτάρα για ταξίδια
Hungarian: mehetnék
Icelandic: útþrá, ferðaþrá
Indonesian: keinginan bepergian
Italian: (desiderio di viaggiare)
Japanese: 旅心
Korean: 여행열, 방랑벽
Latvian: ceļošanas prieks
Lithuanian: kelionių aistra
Norwegian: reiselyst
Polish: zamiłowanie do włóczęgi
Portuguese (Brazil): paixão por viajar
Portuguese (Portugal): gosto de viajar
Romanian: pasiunea de a călători
Russian: страсть к путешествиям
Slovak: záľuba v cestovaní
Slovenian: veselje do potovanja
Spanish: pasión por viajar, ansia de ver mundo
Swedish: reslust, vandringslust
Turkish: seyehat, *yolculuk tutkusu
See also: wander

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
wanderlust

A German word for the irresistibly strong desire to travel or wander.


[Chapter:] Idioms


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