vagabonding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

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verb

present participle and gerund of vagabond

adj

"I've been vagabonding across Africa for six months."
"Oh God, what bond or dutie is it that we owe not to our Soveragne Creators benignitie, in that he hath beene pleased to cleare and enfranchise our beliefe from those vagabonding and arbitrary devotions, and fixt it upon the eternall base of his holy word?"

Etymology tree Old French vagabondder. English vagabond English -ing English vagabonding From vagabond + -ing.

more vagabonding (comparative) most vagabonding (superlative)

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What does vagabonding mean?

present participle and gerund of vagabond

Where does vagabonding come from?

Etymology tree Old French vagabondder. English vagabond English -ing English vagabonding From vagabond + -ing.

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