obambulate

Nov. 6th, 2012 07:30 am
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obambulate (oh-BAM-byu-layt) - v., (obs.) to walk about, wander aimlessly; (rare) to walk up to.


The obsolete sense is more commonly found in dictionaries, while the rare one seems to be a reboot that goes back to the Latin roots and interprets them more literally: ob- meaning against or facing, while ambulare is to walk (amble is another descendent).

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