stravage

or stra·vaig

[ struh-veyg ]

/ strəˈveɪg /

verb (used without object), stra·vaged, stra·vag·ing.

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

to saunter; stroll.

Nearby words

stratus clouds, straus, strauss, strauss, johann, the younger, strauss, richard, stravage, stravaig, stravinskian, stravinsky, stravinsky, igor, straw

Origin of stravage

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

Related forms

stra·vaig·er, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for stravaig

stravaig

/ (strəˈveɪɡ) /

verb

(intr) Scot and Northern English dialect to wander aimlessly

Word Origin for stravaig

C19: perhaps a variant of obsolete extravage, from Medieval Latin extrāvagārī, from vagārī to wander

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