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wandersome en · ADJ

Etymology

From wander + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by wandering
   • Though the sky is fogged with the wildfires south of this location, dulling the sun's piercing ultraviolet punishment, still, my mind is wandersome. 2010, Sam Flakus, Dark Horse:
   • So with heels chafed and sore, a now empty walnut sized bladder and a Booker Prize for best newcomer, I once again girded my rapidly diminishing loins and headed squeakily back to bed with my wandersome companion. 2010, John Fee, The Anaemic Leukaemic:
   • It was most unusual to have her strong, restless, wandersome father ensconced at home even if it was only temporarily. 2013, Lynny Harris, Midbar I:
   • If the patient is hyperactive and wandersome, then the intravenous route may be hazardous, and prolonged one-to-one attention to get medication and fluids delivered is probably the best choice. 2013, Tom Dening, Alan Thomas, Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry:

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