Wanderlust meaning

wŏndər-lŭst

Wanderlust is a very strong desire to travel.

An example of wanderlust is someone who, just after returning home from a two month trip, immediately starts planning their next one.

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An impulse, longing, or urge to wander or travel.

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A very strong or irresistible impulse to travel.

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A strong impulse or longing to travel.

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Origin of wanderlust

German wandern to wander (from Middle High German) Lust desire (from Middle High German) (from Old High German las- in Indo-European roots)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
1902, from German Wanderlust (“desire for wandering"), compound of Wander (noun form of wandern (“to wander")) and Lust (“pleasure, joy"), equivalent to English lust.

From Wiktionary