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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
wanderlust
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ It was not wanderlust alone that make him keen to visit Brazil. He thought he might hear news of his natural mother there.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But what I like about him most is his wanderlust.
▪ Daughter June had inherited some of her father's wanderlust and had a yearning for show business.
▪ Others come for a week or two; then, fired by wanderlust, they take off again.
▪ The day became sunny yet stayed cool, and l got the wanderlust to walk in the woods.
▪ They've never succeeded: sickness, hunger, wanderlust, something drives them on.
▪ When I became a freelance writer in 1989, I finally found a career which could accommodate wanderlust.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
wanderlust

1902, from German Wanderlust, literally "desire for wandering" (see wander + lust).

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wanderlust

n. A strong impulse or longing to travel

WordNet
wanderlust

n. very strong or irresistible impulse to travel [syn: itchy feet]

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Wanderlust

Wanderlust is a strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world.

Wanderlust (R.E.M. song)

"Wanderlust" is a song by R.E.M. It was released as their fourth and final single from their thirteenth studio album, Around the Sun. The song has a partially compound time signature; 4/4 in the verses and 7/4 in the chorus.

A version of the song, called "Wanderlust (Clayton St. Studio version)", was released as a digital download only and later added in the compilation AthFest 10.

Wanderlust (disambiguation)

Wanderlust is a strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world.

Wanderlust may also refer to:

Wanderlust (Frankie Laine album)

Wanderlust was Frankie Laine's 42nd 12" long-play album, recorded and originally released in 1963. It is organized loosely around the theme of freedom and travel, pertaining to the German word Wanderlust

Wanderlust (Björk song)

"Wanderlust" is a song written and recorded by Icelandic singer Björk. The track was released digitally as the fourth single from her seventh full-length studio album, Volta, on 7 April 2008.

White labels of the single were issued in February 2008. The physical single was released on 12 June after an almost two-month delay.

Björk has described "Wanderlust" as being the heart of Volta, and has said that the song is about "the state of looking for something and almost knowing you're never going to find it" and that it makes fun of her hunger for "something new". It was released in the UK on 30 June.

As Björk said in an interview for Harp, "Things go in circles. Wanderlust, for example, is a sort of continuity of ' Hyperballad'."

Wanderlust (Dragonlance novel)

Wanderlust is a fantasy novel set in the Dragonlance campaign setting of the '' Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

The novel was written by Steve Winter and Mary Kirchoff, based on characters and settings from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Dragonlance Chronicles series. Published in 1991, it is the second volume of a six-part series on how the Companions first met.

Wanderlust (Steel novel)

Wanderlust is a romance novel by Danielle Steel. The book was originally published on June 1, 1986, by Dell Publications, receiving a short number of both positive and negative editorial reviews. The plot follows Audrey Driscoll, a fictional character, travelling from America to China, Germany, England and North Africa. She is repeatedly made to choose between her desire for her adventure, or to abide by her conscience.

Wanderlust (2006 film)

Wanderlust is a 2006 documentary film on road movies and their effect on American culture.

Wanderlust (band)

Wanderlust is an American power pop band of the mid-1990s based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Wanderlust (TV series)

Wanderlust is an Irish dating game show produced by RTÉ contractor Tyrone Productions. Hosted by Brendan Courtney.

Wanderlust (2012 film)

Wanderlust is a 2012 American comedy film directed by David Wain, starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd, as a married couple who try to escape modern society by finding themselves on a commune in Georgia, after the economy crashes down on their dreams in New York.

Wanderlust received positive reviews, but was a box office failure, grossing only $24 million against a production budget of $35 million.

Wanderlust (Sophie Ellis-Bextor album)

Wanderlust (stylised as ШАNDԐЯLUЅT) is the fifth studio album by English singer and songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor, released on 20 January 2014 by EBGB's. The album marks a sharp shift in Sophie's music style, incorporating elements of folk, baroque and orchestral music. It was featured as BBC Radio 2's "Album of the Week" on 18 January 2014.

A double-disc repackaged version was released on 3 November 2014 and included a remix version of the album.

Wanderlust (The Weeknd song)

"Wanderlust" is a song by Canadian singer The Weeknd from his debut studio album Kiss Land (2013). The song, produced by The Weeknd, DannyBoyStyles and Quenneville, contains samples of " Precious Little Diamond" by Dutch disco group Fox the Fox, and was released as the sixth single from the album on March 31, 2014. A remix of "Wanderlust" by Pharrell Williams also appears as a bonus track on the iTunes edition of Kiss Land.

Wanderlust (Gavin Rossdale album)

Wanderlust (stylized as WANDERlust) is the debut solo album by Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale. It is his first studio album since Institute's Distort Yourself in 2005. Rossdale's initial working title for the record was This Place is on Fire, now the moniker for the release's a cappella coda piece. The lead single, "Love Remains the Same," was released digitally on April 1, 2008.

The album was produced by Bob Rock and finds Rossdale collaborating with drummer Josh Freese, former Helmet member and Bush tour guitarist Chris Traynor, bass player Paul Bushnell and Jamie Muhoberac on keyboards, as well as David A. Stewart of Eurythmics fame, Linda Perry, Joel Shearer, Katy Perry and Garbage singer Shirley Manson.

The song "Can't Stop the World" was originally written and recorded for the short-lived TV series Drive. The song is also known by the alternate title "Some Days," but the finalized Wanderlust artwork has it listed as "Can't Stop the World."

Wanderlust (jazz band)

Wanderlust is an Australian contemporary jazz band led by trumpeter Miroslav Bukovsky that formed in 1991. The original lineup comprised Miroslav Bukovksy, James Greening (trombone), Carl Orr (guitar), Alister Spence (piano, keyboards), Adam Armstrong (bass) and Fabian Hevia (drums, percussion).

Their self-titled debut CD won the Best Jazz Album ARIA award in 1994. Since then they have released four albums: Border Crossing, Song and Dance, Full Bronte and When In Rome.

3 Oct 1992 played at Manly Jazz Festival inside Park Royal Hotel. Audiocassette in NSW Jazz Archive collection[per estate of late Harold Denning] held in archives of this Society;leader Neil Cairns,June 2013.

Wanderlust (magazine)

Wanderlust is a British travel magazine, covering adventurous, cultural and special interest travel. It is published ten times a year. It was established in Windsor, Berkshire in 1993 by Paul Morrison and Lyn Hughes, who had observed the absence of a publication combining their interests in wildlife, activities and cultural insights. Morrison died in December 2004 and Hughes took on the roles of publisher, managing director and editor-in-chief. In 2008, the Haymarket Group bought a stake in the business.

The annual Wanderlust Photo of the Year competition is a travel photography competition. Most of the categories are for amateurs, one also being open to professionals. The annual Wanderlust World Guide Awards for tour guides and tour leaders are supported by The Daily Telegraph. Judges have included Michael Palin, Bill Bryson, and Mark Carwardine. Winners since the awards' founding in 2005 have been from Zambia, Romania, Ecuador, and Egypt. They receive a Paul Morrison bursary to spend on community projects or furthering their skills.

In 2010, Wanderlust launched its own range of tours, '' Wanderlust'' Journeys, focusing on travel writing and photography.

Wanderlust (Little Big Town album)

Wanderlust is the seventh studio album by American country music group Little Big Town. It was released on June 10, 2016, through Capitol Nashville.

Usage examples of "wanderlust".

The auriferous tooth, the sedentary disposition, the Sunday afternoon wanderlust, the draught upon the delicatessen store for home-made comforts, the furor for department store marked-down sales, the feeling of superiority to the lady in the third-floor front who wore genuine ostrich tips and had two names over her bell, the mucilaginous hours during which she remained glued to the window sill, the vigilant avoidance of the instalment man, the tireless patronage of the acoustics of the dumb-waiter shaft - all the attributes of the Gotham flat-dweller were hers.

But his wanderlust drove him again across the sea, to a mudwalled trading village on the coast of Asia, called Troy, whence he drifted southward into the pillage and carnage of Palestine where the original dwell--in the land were trampled under by the barbaric Canaanites out of the East.

He fills my heart with a wanderlust that is as true as any compass, and I ride.

But then the wanderlust had driven them on to complete the circle of their migration, south again over mountain ranges and across the low alluvial plains of the great rivers, following secret trails and ancient passes that their ancestors had forged and which they had first trodden as calves at their mother's flank.

There had been nothing so romantic as wanderlust in her hopscotching travels through Europe.