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Wanderlust

//ˈwɒndəlʌst// noun, verb

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Noun

1
A strong impulse or longing to travel. countable, uncountable
"Very often we made detours from the main caravan, rejoining it at a given spot, and this spirit of "wanderlust" brought us into a nice quandary one fine day."
2
Alternative letter-case form of wanderlust. alt-of, countable, uncountable
"The Wanderlust has lured me to the seven lonely seas, / Has dumped me on the tailing-piles of dearth; / The Wanderlust has haled me from the morris chairs of ease, / Has hurled me to the ends of all the earth."
3
very strong or irresistible impulse to travel wordnet
4
An impulse to cheat or seek out other romantic or sexual partners; a straying heart. countable, uncountable
"Males like lots of rapid anonymous sex. It's a biological drive. When you get a male-female couple together the male often gives up his wanderlust in exchange for the security of having a home."

Verb

1
To feel a strong impulse or longing to travel. intransitive
"Yes, he probably saw a picture of the South Sea islands last night, and now he is wanderlusting."
2
To roam or travel widely. intransitive
""Be assured that we will never weary listening to tales related by one who has wanderlusted so many years," flattered Mrs. Cunningham, [...]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Wanderlust (“an urge to travel; a love of the ‘great outdoors’”), from wandern (“to wander; to hike”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn; to wind”)) + Lust (“a desire, a wish to do or have something; fun, pleasure”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to separate; to set free; to untie”)); analysable as wander + lust.

Etymology 2

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