English Explanatory Dictionary

nomadic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or relating to nomads.
Of or related to itinerant herdsmen.
Of or related to any habitually wandering person or animal.

Pronunciation

/nəʊˈmæd.ɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nomadic.wav /noʊˈmæd.ɪk/ /nəʉˈmæd.ɪk/ /nɐʉˈmæd.ɪk/

Word forms

nomadic more nomadic most nomadic nomadick

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νομαδικός (nomadikós), equivalent to nomad (“a member of a society or class of herdsmen”) + -ic (forming adjectives).

Synonyms

pastoral nomad wandering peripatetic itinerant itinerate unsettled vagabond roving drifting roaming wayfaring vagrant transient rambling peregrine ambulatory ambulant erratic errant rootless gypsy floating perambulatory perambulant discursive meandering ambling footloose prodigal

Derived words

nomadically nomadic furniture nomadicity nonnomadic seminomadic unnomadic

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