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prettygoodword) wrote2012-11-06 07:30 am
prettygoodword) wrote2012-11-06 07:30 am
obambulate
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).
---L.
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).
---L.