farsickness

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farsickness

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Calque of German Fernweh; contrast homesickness.

noun

uncommon, uncountable Wanderlust; yearning for far-off places. The Germans have a word for it—fernweh—literally, an ache for distant places. Maybe the dowdy recreational vehicle can be a vehicle of discovery, a cure for farsickness, a Huck Finn raft of escape for the middle-aged. But that doesn't have to be decided by us. Perhaps, just as the cigar is sometimes

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"farsickness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/farsickness.

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@misc{farsickness_2026,
  title = {farsickness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/farsickness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}