verb · intransitive · rare

wanderlust

wan·der·lust

wanderlust · wanderlusts · wanderlusted · wanderlusting

To feel a strong impulse or longing to travelTo feel a strong impulse or longing to travel.

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UK/ˈwɒndəlʌst/US/ˈwɑndɚˌlʌst/

» Mary's wanderlust grew from regularly perusing travel magazines.

Meaning

2 senses

(intransitive)To feel a strong impulse or longing to travel.
(intransitive)To roam or travel widely.

Examples

3 sentences

Mary's wanderlust grew from regularly perusing travel magazines.
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In spring, Tom is always seized by wanderlust and has to get out into nature.
deImmer im Frühling packt Tom die Wanderlust; dann muss er in die Natur hinaus.
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Wanderlust is his name.
ruЕго зовут "Страсть-к-путешествиям".
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Origin

Borrowed from German Wanderlust (“an urge to travel; a love of the ‘great outdoors’”), fro

Borrowed from German Wanderlust (“an urge to travel; a love of the ‘great outdoors’”), from wandern (“to wander; to hike”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn; to wind”)) + Lust (“a desire, a wish to do or have something; fun, pleasure”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to separate; to set free; to untie”)); analysable as wander + lust.

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Forms

wanderlusts, wanderlusting, wanderlusted, wanderlusted

Base form	wanderlust · to wanderlust
3rd person singular	wanderlusts
Present participle	wanderlusting
Past simple	wanderlusted
Past participle	wanderlusted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	wanderlust
he, she, it	wanderlusts

Past simpleLesson

all persons

wanderlusted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have wanderlusted
he, she, it	has wanderlusted

Future simple (will)Lesson