Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bewander

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-wan-der
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To wander around or about; roam.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Or 'twas wont to be so, / Just a few years ago, / At the time when Jack used to bewander to know, / That a Corporal's Guard Left the Old Barrack […]"
"The spring and the winter came unsought into every man's life, not as they come to-day, wayfarers bewandered among the house-tops, feebly whispering of unknown things in far salubrious lands, […]"
"[…] and anon the case became grievous to her and she set out to bewander the regions saying, "Haply shall Allah reunite me with my children and my husband!""

Etymology

From be- (“around, about”) + wander. Compare Saterland Frisian bewonderje, Middle Dutch bewanderen, German bewandern.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

bewanders (present, singular) bewandering (participle, present) bewandered (participle, past) bewandered (past)

Questions

What does bewander mean?: To wander around or about; roam.
Where does bewander come from?: From be- (“around, about”) + wander. Compare Saterland Frisian bewonderje, Middle Dutch bewanderen, German bewandern.

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