pererration

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noun

A rambling or wandering through various places.

OriginLatin pererrare →
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Meanings

nounpererration (plural pererrations)

plural pererrations

  1. A rambling or wandering through various places.
    1 more example

    […] Jonas in the VVhales belly, travelled much, but ſavv little, vvhy, becauſe hee vvas ſhut up in the body of that great (aquatique) beaſt, ſo theſe may be ſaid to have been carried up and dovvne through many Countreys, and after a long pererration to and fro, to returne as vviſe as they vvent, becauſe their ſoules vvere ſo ill lodged, and ſhut up in ſuch ſtupid bodies: […]

    1642, James Howell, “Section XV”, in Instructions for Forreine Travell. […], London: […] T. B. for Humprey Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC, pages 188–189

Origin

  1. Latinpererrare
  2. Englishpererration

From Latin pererrare, pererratum (“to wander through”).

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Chicago

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