evagation

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/ˌɛvəˈɡeɪʃən//ˌiːvəˈɡeɪʃən/

noun

A wandering about, excursion, trip or a roving.

OriginMiddle French evagation ← Latin ēvagātiō →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounevagation (plural evagations)

plural evagations

  1. archaicA wandering about, excursion, trip or a roving.

    Those long ridges and chains of lofty and topping mountains, which run through the whole continents East and West […]serve to stop the evagation of the vapours to the North and South in hot countries

    1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinēvagātiō
  2. Middle Frenchevagation
  3. Englishevagation

Borrowed from Middle French evagation, evagacion or its etymon Latin ēvagātiō, from ēvagārī (“to wander forth”). See also vagary.

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APA

evagation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evagation

MLA

“evagation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evagation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “evagation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evagation.

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