Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forwander

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-wan-der
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To wander until weary; wander far and wide.

British usage; Intransitive verb

verb

To weary with wandering; cause to wander until weary.

British usage; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Ah, I am full weary, lief, let me sleep, Forwandered and walked in this forest."
"[…] His courage, His purity, His meekness; His daily wakefulness to God's voice, the swiftness and brilliance of His speech for others, His silence under His own torments; His resorts—among the bruised, the prisoners, the forwandered of Israel, […]"
"The Lent term had pulled me down, a week of modest enjoyment thereafter in town had finished the work; and I drank in the sharp moorish air like a thirsty man who has been forwandered among deserts."

Etymology

From Middle English forwandrien, equivalent to for- + wander.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: for
Root: forwandrien

Usage

Inflected Forms

forwanders (present, singular) forwandering (participle, present) forwandered (participle, past) forwandered (past)

Questions

What does forwander mean?: To wander until weary; wander far and wide.
Where does forwander come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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