wayfaring
pronunciation
How to pronounce wayfaring in British English:
UK ['weɪˌfeərɪŋ]
How to pronounce wayfaring in American English:
US ['weɪˌferɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- traveling especially on foot
Word Origin
- wayfaring (n.)
- 14c., modification of Old English wegfarende "wayfaring;" see way (n.) + fare (v.).
Example
- 1. I am a poor wayfaring stranger .
- 2. Peripatetic country preachers ; a poor wayfaring stranger .
- 3. O the hope of israel , the saviour thereof in time of trouble , why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land , and as a wayfaring man [ that ] turneth aside to tarry for a night ?
- 4. Like apoor wayfaring stranger that they speak about in song .
- 5. Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men ; that I might leave my people , and go from them !