at and t cellular: Word of the Day: Stravaig

Sunday, October 8, 2023

Sunday, October 8, 2023

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Stravaig

verb

1. Wander about aimlessly.

"Let's stravaig before the sun sets and it's too chilly."

"I went stravaiging about the woods behind my house and I found an old log cabin."

"My dog stravaigs around the pastures every afternoon unless it's raining."

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Scottish, late 18th century

"But I digress…" The Scottish word "stravaig" comes from an obsolete word ("extravage") that means "to digress, ramble." That referred to a rambling speech pattern, like someone cutting themself off before getting too far off topic, but the word "stravaig" turned into a physical type of roaming. ...