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Stravaig | |
verb | 1. Wander about aimlessly. |
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| "Let's stravaig before the sun sets and it's too chilly." | "I went stravaiging about the woods behind my house and I found an old log cabin." | "My dog stravaigs around the pastures every afternoon unless it's raining." |
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| Scottish, late 18th century |
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| "But I digress…" The Scottish word "stravaig" comes from an obsolete word ("extravage") that means "to digress, ramble." That referred to a rambling speech pattern, like someone cutting themself off before getting too far off topic, but the word "stravaig" turned into a physical type of roaming. ... | |
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