stravage

[struh-veyg] /strəˈveɪg/

verb (used without object), stravaged, stravaging.

Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.

to saunter; stroll.

Origin of stravage

Medieval Latin

1765-1775

1765-75; by aphesis < Medieval Latin extrāvagarī to wander out of bounds. See extravagant

Related forms

stravaiger, noun

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In Christmas Dreams, the word "stravaigging" was corrected to "stravaiging."

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I met him stravaiging the vacant street last night; that was all.

John Splendid Neil Munro
stravaiging through the streets with the chase hot on my heels, your open window invited me.

A Daughter of Raasay William MacLeod Raine

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