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wan⋅der⋅lust

  [won-der-luhst]
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–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   (wŏn'dər-lŭst')   
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

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

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Word Origin & History

wanderlust 
1902, from Ger. Wanderlust, lit. "desire for wandering" (see lust).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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