wanderlust
See also: Wanderlust
English
Etymology
1902, borrowing or calque of German Wanderlust (“desire for wandering”), compound of wandern (“to hike, walk, wander”) and Lust (“desire, fun, pleasure”), equivalent to English wander + lust.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɑndɚˌlʌst/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɒndəˌlʌst/
- IPA(key): /ˈvændəˌlʊst/
- Hyphenation: wan‧der‧lust
Noun
wanderlust (countable and uncountable, plural wanderlusts)
- A strong impulse or longing to travel.
- Synonyms: itchy feet, travel bug
- Antonym: homesickness
- 1912, Robert W. Service, “The Wanderlust”, in Rhymes of a Rolling Stone:
- 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.
Translations
a strong impulse or longing to travel
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Verb
wanderlust (third-person singular simple present wanderlusts, present participle wanderlusting, simple past and past participle wanderlusted)
- (intransitive) To feel a strong impulse or longing to travel.
See also
Portuguese
Noun
wanderlust m or f (in variation) (uncountable)
- wanderlust (a strong impulse or longing to travel)
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