Wanderlust (noun)
wanda-lust
A strong desire to travel.
This is a lone word from German and I love it, so descriptive and I absolutely love it. Virtually unheard of outside Germany until recently, the Internet is responsible for taking our word of the day global.
Example sentences
“When he listened to the nostalgia of the sailor’s tales he was filled with wanderlust and desire to take back to the seas.”
“Since childhood she had been overwhelmed with wanderlust.”
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