† wandermentn.
Obsolete. rare.
The action or state of wandering.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering
wandering1362
roamingc1390
roving?1520
error1594
rangling1594
wanderment1597
rambling1622
rolling1624
vagancy1641
roverya1653
pervagation1656
oberration1658
vagrancya1677
stravaiging1825
scamander1873
outwandering1880
1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. ii. iii. 34 Genus and Species long since barefoote went, Vpon their ten-toes in wilde wanderment.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 489 Rupture to remoue, Which would be caused through their wanderment, In th' Heau'ns inclos'd within the Firmament.
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