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farsickness

farsickness noun: wanderlust; yearning for far-off places.

Noun

farsickness (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) Wanderlust; yearning for far-off places.
    • The Germans have a word for it—fernweh—literally, an ache for distant places. Maybe the dowdy recreational vehicle can be a vehicle of discovery, a cure for farsickness, a Huck Finn raft of escape for the middle-aged. But that doesn't have to be decided by us. Perhaps, just as the cigar is...2014, James B. Twitchell, Winnebago Nation: The RV in American Culture, Columbia University Press, →ISBN

Origin of farsickness

Calque of German Fernweh; contrast homesickness.

Questions about farsickness

What does farsickness mean?
Farsickness means wanderlust; yearning for far-off places.
What part of speech is farsickness?
Farsickness is a noun.

Words near farsickness in the dictionary

  1. farseers
  2. farsenoid
  3. farses
  4. Farsi
  5. farsick
  6. farsickness
  7. farside
  8. farsides
  9. farsight
  10. farsighted
  11. farsightedly

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