WANDERING
\wˈɒndəɹɪŋ], \wˈɒndəɹɪŋ], \w_ˈɒ_n_d_ə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of WANDERING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
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travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"
By Princeton University
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of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
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travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Peregrmation; aberration; deviation from rectitude; roving of the mind in discussion, in a dream, in delirium; uncertainty. Wandering Jew, a Jew, of mediaeval legend, doomed by Christ to wander over the earth till His return, in consequence of an indignity he did to Christ as He was being led to crucifixion.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Moving about without a settled course; rambling; disordered in mind.
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A travelling without a settled course; the roving of the mind or thoughts; uncertainty.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. Act or habit of going or travelling from place to place ; roving; peregrination; —a divergence from the direct road : especially, aberration from the path of duty ; deviation from rectitude ;—hence, want of fixedness ; uncertainty ;- distraction of the thoughts or attention from the point or business in hand ; want of concentration ;- discursiveness in style or speech ; want of logical coherence ;- rambling of the mind or raving, as in delirium, fever, &c.
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