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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A very strong or irresistible impulse to travel.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A natural impulse to change of place; a craze for travel.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A strong impulse or longing to travel

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. very strong or irresistible impulse to travel

Etymologies

  1. 1902, from German Wanderlust ("desire for wandering"), compound of Wander (noun form of wandern ("to wander")) and Lust ("pleasure, joy"). (Wiktionary)
  2. German : wandern, to wander (from Middle High German) + Lust, desire (from Middle High German, from Old High German; see las- in Indo-European roots). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • wordlover42 This word's one of my favorites. It was on one of the lists I studied for spelling, and I took a liking to it. Jun 20, 2009

  • brusselsprouts Up there on my list of favourites.... Jan 27, 2008

  • andrew.simone I certainly possess it. Dec 6, 2006

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‘wanderlust’ has been looked up 7788 times, loved by 120 people, added to 245 lists, commented on 3 times, and has a Scrabble score of 14.