astray
English 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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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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