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单词 multivagant
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multivagantadj.n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin multivagus , -ant suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin multivagus given to wandering (see multivagous adj.) + -ant suffix1. Compare vagant adj. Compare earlier noctivagant adj., solivagant adj. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mɒlti·văgănt) /mʌlˈtɪvəɡənt/.
Obsolete. rare.
A. adj.
Wandering continually or in many directions.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > wandering much or extensively
Ulyssean1639
multivagant1656
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Multivagant, wandring or straying much abroad.
B. n.
A person who wanders about continually or in many directions.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wanderer
striker1393
roamerc1400
wandererc1440
whirlerc1440
gangrela1450
fluttererc1450
straggler1530
gadlinga1542
ranger1560
rover1568
fugitive1570
rangler1575
fleeter1581
extravagant1583
scatterling1590
vagranta1592
rambler1624
erratic1669
stravaiger1821
multivagant1895
1895 Working Men's College Jrnl. Jan. 164 Mulvaney, the multivagant, who holds the picture-place in the Kipling pantheon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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