divagate

di va gate |ˈdīvəˌgāt ˈdaɪvəɡeɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] literary stray; digress: Yeats divagated into Virgil's territory only once. DERIVATIVES di va ga tion |ˌdīvəˈgāSHən |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin divagat- ‘wandered around, ’ from the verb divagari, from di- ‘widely ’ + vagari ‘wander. ’

divagate

divagate |ˈdʌɪvəgeɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] literary stray or digress: Yeats divagated into Virgil's territory only once. DERIVATIVES divagation noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin divagat- ‘wandered about ’, from the verb divagari, from di- ‘widely ’ + vagari ‘wander ’.