wanderlust

See also: Wanderlust

English

Etymology

1902, borrowing from German Wanderlust (“desire for wandering”), compound of wandern (“to hike, walk, wander”) and Lust (“desire, fun, pleasure”), equivalent to English wander +‎ lust.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑndɚˌlʌst/
• IPA^(key): /ˈwɒndəˌlʌst/, /ˈvændəˌlʊst/
• Hyphenation: wan‧der‧lust

Noun

wanderlust (countable and uncountable, plural wanderlusts)

1. 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

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: vaellushalu, kaukokaipuu
• French: bougeotte (fr) f, errance (fr)
• German: Fernweh (de) n, Wanderlust f, Reiselust (de) f
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• Greek: φιλαποδημία (el) f (filapodimía) (formally)
• Japanese: 旅心 (たびごころ, tabigokoro)
• Korean: 방랑벽 (ko) (bangnangbyeok)
• Polish: wanderlust (pl) m
• Portuguese: wanderlust (pt) f

Verb

wanderlust (third-person singular simple present wanderlusts, present participle wanderlusting, simple past and past participle wanderlusted)

1. (intransitive) To feel a strong impulse or longing to travel.

See also

• footloose
• itchy feet
• travel bug

Further reading

• wanderlust on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Portuguese

Noun

wanderlust m or f (uncountable)

1. wanderlust (a strong impulse or longing to travel)