wandering

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wandering

/ˈwɑndəɹɪŋ/ US
/ˈwɒndəɹɪŋ/ UK

Where it comes from

From wander + -ing.

adjective

not comparable Which wanders; travelling from place to place. This was the time when Venerable Master Hsing Yun first arrived in Taiwan as a wandering monk and was refused lodgings. He was nearly reduced to begging on the street. Fortunately, the old Venerable Miaoguo of Yuanguang Temple in Chungli took him in.
not comparable, of an organ Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions. a wandering kidney; a wandering liver

noun wanderings

Travelling without preset route; roaming.
Irregular turning of the eyes.
Aimless thought.
Straying from a desired path.
in plural Disordered speech or delirium.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of wander

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: roving, nomadic, vagabondage, peregrine, meandering, mobile, rambling, winding, unsettled, erratic, indirect, planetary, roaming, vagrant, stray, itinerant

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adj which wanders

Español	errabundo, andariego, errante, peripatético
हिन्दी	घुमक्कड़ ghumakkaṛ
Português	errante, vagante
Ελληνικά	περιπλανώμενος periplanómenos
Русский	блужда́ющий bluždájuščij, стра́нствующий stránstvujuščij, скита́ющийся skitájuščijsja

noun roaming

한국어	방랑 bangnang
Français	errement, errance
Русский	блужда́ния bluždánija, стра́нствия stránstvija, скита́ния skitánija

noun aimless thought

Français	errement, divagation

noun straying

Français	errement

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@misc{wandering_2026,
  title = {wandering},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wandering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}