wayfaring
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "If a traveller, emancipating himself slowly from the endless suburbs, and smoke, and din of dirty Wolstanstone (corrupted into Wolstone), a manufacturing town not in the South of England, proceed westward, he enters into a region of peace and rural beauty, refreshing as the vision of Beatrice was to Dante, the glimpse of earth to Satan, the thoughts of home to them who know that their lot is to perish in the wave. The village of Northington, which the wayfaring man from Wolstone may be thought thus to hail, reflects, nevertheless, the wealth of its great and smoky neighbour."
Etymology
From Middle English wayferande, weyverinde, wayverinde, from Old English weġfarende, weġfērende (“wayfaring”), equivalent to way + faring. Cognate with Icelandic vegfarandi. More at wayfare.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: wayferande, weġfarende
Usage
Inflected Forms
waifaring (alternative)
wayfarings (plural)