itineration

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noun

A travelling around.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounitineration (countable and uncountable, plural itinerations)

plural itinerations

  1. countableformaluncountableA travelling around.

    In company with William I made several interesting itinerations on the hills during the last cold season, an account of which has been sent home to the Board; also a tour of upwards of 350 miles on the plains […]

    1841, The Foreign Missionary Chronicle

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinitinerātiō
  2. Englishitineration

From itinerate + -ion, ultimately borrowed from Medieval Latin itinerātiō, from itineror (“travel”), from itiner-.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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