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deambulation

UK/diːæmbjuːˈleɪʃən/

deambulation noun: a walking abroad; a promenading.

Noun

deambulation

  1. (obsolete) A walking abroad; a promenading.
    • Touching suche exercises, as many be used within the house, or in the shadowe, (as is the olde maner of speking), as deambulations, laborynge with poyses made of leadde or other metall1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC
  2. An instance of deambulation; a trip, journey, peregrination, itineration, or pilgrimage.
    • Then, declaring that, according to his recollection, a very long wait would be necessary before the next automatic deambulation [la prochaine déambulation automatique] could be witnessed, Canterel, with measured steps, led us to another part of the vast establishment.1970 [1914], Raymond Roussel, translated by Rupert Copeland Cunningham, Locus Solus

Origin of deambulation

Latin deambulatio.

Questions about deambulation

What does deambulation mean?
Deambulation means a walking abroad; a promenading.
What part of speech is deambulation?
Deambulation is a noun.
How do you pronounce deambulation?
Deambulation is pronounced /diːæmbjuːˈleɪʃən/ (UK).

Words near deambulation in the dictionary

  1. Dealys
  2. deambulate
  3. deambulated
  4. deambulates
  5. deambulating
  6. deambulation
  7. deambulatories
  8. deambulatory
  9. deamidase
  10. deamidases
  11. deamidate

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