astray
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English astraien or by apheresis straien, from Old French estraier (“to stray”), from late Medieval Latin extravagari (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagārī (“to wander, stray”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]astray
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[edit]Translations
[edit]in a wrong direction
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References
[edit]- ^ “astray”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Further reading
[edit]- “astray”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “astray”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “astray”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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