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.

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How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

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Origin of stravage

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

OTHER WORDS FROM stravage

stra·vaig·er, noun

Words nearby stravage

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

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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