Word for Today: Wanderlust


Longtail lunch vendor on Bangkok's Chao Phraya River



Today's dictionary.com word of the day:

wanderlust \WON-der-luhst\, noun:
a strong desire to wander or travel


by 1902, from German Wanderlust, literally "desire for wandering"
Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for wanderlust


There are as many explanations for acute wanderlust as there are Travelers who suffer from it. But common to them all is the desire to break through the protective bubble that surrounds ordinary tourists as they move from one homogenous, CNN-wired hotel to another.-- Steve Hendrix, The Washington Post, 1998-12-27