nomadize

English

Alternative forms

• nomadise

Etymology

nomad +‎ -ize

Verb

nomadize (third-person singular simple present nomadizes, present participle nomadizing, simple past and past participle nomadized)

1. (intransitive) To lead a nomadic life; to wander or roam without a fixed abode (often with domesticated animals.
   • 1799, William Tooke, A View of the Russian Empire during the Reign of Catharine II and to the close of the present Century:

     The Vogules nomadising in the circle of Tscherdyn

   • 1897, W. E. Gowan (translating V. Fedoroff), “Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies”, in Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, volume 41, Obok and the Country Bordering on the Gulf of Tajura:

     The powerful tribe of Issasi, which nomadises within the limits of the Harrar principality, passes once a year across the river Havash, and so enters within the limits of the Danakili plain

   • 2010, Donald Kenrick, The A to Z of the Gypsies (Romanies):

     many Gypsies took jobs in the newly opened factories—in textile factories in Sliven, for example. Others continued to nomadize until well after World War II.

Related terms

• nomadization

References

• “nomadize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Omanized