vagabondage
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French vagabondage.
Noun
vagabondage (uncountable)
- The state or characteristic of being a vagabond.
- 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 76:
- Though he knew it not, the subtle spirit of vagabondage had taken possession of his soul, and even of his hat, which seemed suddenly to have lost its original respectability, and acquired an air of dissoluteness.
- Vagabonds, considered as a collective.
Synonyms
References
- “vagabondage”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
Etymology
From vagabonder + -age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.ɡa.bɔ̃.daʒ/
Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Noun
vagabondage m (plural vagabondages)
Further reading
- “vagabondage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012