WAYFARING

peripatetic, wayfaring

(adjective) traveling especially on foot; ā€œperipatetic country preachersā€; ā€œa poor wayfaring strangerā€

wayfaring

(noun) traveling (especially on foot)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

wayfaring (not comparable)

Travelling, especially on foot.

Peripatetic.

Noun

wayfaring (countable and uncountable, plural wayfarings)

Travel, especially on foot.

Verb

wayfaring

present participle of wayfare

Source: Wiktionary


Way"far`ing, a.

Definition: Traveling; passing; being on a journey. "A wayfaring man." Judg. xix. 17. Wayfaring tree (Bot.), a European shrub (Viburnum lantana) having large ovate leaves and dense cymes of small white flowers.

– American wayfaring tree (Bot.), the (Viburnum lantanoides).

WAYFARE

Way"fare`, v. i. Etym: [Way + fare to go.]

Definition: To journey; to travel; to go to and fro. [Obs.] A certain Laconian, as he wayfared, came unto a place where there dwelt an old friend of his. Holland.

Way"fare`, n.

Definition: The act of journeying; travel; passage. [Obs.] Holland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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