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vagabond

English

Etymology

From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vag?bundus, from Latin vagari (wander).

Pronunciation

  • (Canada, UK) enPR: v?g'?-b?nd, IPA(key): /?væ?.?.b?nd/

Noun

vagabond (plural vagabonds)

  1. A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
  2. One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
    Synonyms: vagrant, hobo; see also Thesaurus:vagabond

Related terms

  • extravagant
  • vague

Translations

Verb

vagabond (third-person singular simple present vagabonds, present participle vagabonding, simple past and past participle vagabonded)

  1. To roam, as a vagabond

Translations

Adjective

vagabond (not comparable)

  1. Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
    • 1959, Jack London, The Star Rover
      Truly, the worships of the Mystery wandered as did men, and between filchings and borrowings the gods had as vagabond a time of it as did we.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin vag?bundus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.?a.b??/

Adjective

vagabond (feminine singular vagabonde, masculine plural vagabonds, feminine plural vagabondes)

  1. vagabonding

Noun

vagabond m (plural vagabonds, feminine vagabonde)

  1. vagabond

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “vagabond” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

  • vagabund

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va?a?bu?d/

Noun

vagabond m (plural vagabond)

  1. vagabond

Related terms

  • vagabondé

Romanian

Etymology

From French vagabond.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.?a?bond/

Noun

vagabond m (plural vagabonzi)

  1. tramp (a homeless person)

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peripatetic

English

Alternative forms

  • peripatetick (obsolete)
  • Peripatetic (Aristotelian)

Etymology

From French péripatétique, from Latin peripat?ticus, from Ancient Greek ????????????? (peripat?tikós, given to walking around), from ????????? (peripaté?, I walk around), from ???? (perí, around) (English peri-)+ ????? (paté?, I walk).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?p??.?.p??t?t.?k/, /?p??.?.p??t?t.?k/
  • Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

peripatetic (comparative more peripatetic, superlative most peripatetic)

  1. Tending to walk about.
  2. Constantly travelling; itinerant; nomadic.
  3. (philosophy, usually capitalized) Having to do with Aristotle, his philosophy, or the school of thought which he founded -- from the practice of conducting philosophical conversations while taking a walk.
    • 1642, James Howell, Instructions For Foreign Travel
      The true peripatetic school.

Translations

Noun

peripatetic (plural peripatetics)

  1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
    Synonyms: wayfarer, itinerant, pedestrian, nomad
  2. (philosophy, usually capitalized) One who accepts the philosophy of Aristotle or his school; an Aristotelian.
    • 1961, Albert Upton, Design for Thinking: A First Book in Semantics, 11:
      He who would think clearly must think like a peripatetic even if he is unwilling to walk like one.

Translations

Anagrams

  • precipitate

Romanian

Etymology

From French péripatétique

Adjective

peripatetic m or n (feminine singular peripatetic?, masculine plural peripatetici, feminine and neuter plural peripatetice)

  1. peripatetic

Declension

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