aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant
(adjective) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; “a drifting double-dealer”; “the floating population”; “vagrant hippies of the sixties”
vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond, clochard
(noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vagrant (plural vagrants)
A person without a home; a wanderer.
(biology, especially, ornithology) An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species’ usual range.
A widely-distributed Asian butterfly, Vagrans egista, family Nymphalidae.
• (person without a home or job): beggar, down-and-out, drifter, tramp, vagabond
• (wanderer): wanderer, itinerant
• See also vagabond
vagrant (comparative more vagrant, superlative most vagrant)
Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.
Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation.
Source: Wiktionary
Va"grant, a. Etym: [Probably fr. OF. waucrant, wacrant, p. p. of waucrer, wacrer, walcrer, to wander (probably of Teutonic origin), but influenced by F. vagant, p. pr. of vaguer to stray, L. vagari. Cf. Vagary.]
1. Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled. That beauteous Emma vagrant courses took. Prior. While leading this vagrant and miserable life, Johnson fell in live. Macaulay.
2. Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar.
Va"grant, n.
Definition: One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond. Vagrants and outlaws shall offend thy view. Prior.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
