English Explanatory Dictionary

gyrovague

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wandering monk having no fixed monastery, as exemplified in the Rule of St. Benedict.

Word forms

gyrovague gyrovagues

Etymology

Early 19th century, borrowed from French gyrovague, from Medieval Latin gȳrovagus (“wandering aimlessly”).

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