evagation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French evagation, evagacion or its etymon Latin ēvagātiō, from ēvagārī (“to wander forth”). See also vagary.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛvəˈɡeɪʃən/, /ˌiːvəˈɡeɪʃən/[1]

Noun

evagation (plural evagations)

  1. (archaic) A wandering about, excursion, trip or a roving.[2]
    • 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:
      Those long ridges and chains of lofty and topping mountains, which run through the whole continents East and West […] serve to stop the evagation of the vapours to the North and South in hot countries

References

  1. ^ Walker, John (1791), “Evagation”, in A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: G. G. J. and J. Robinſon […] and T. Cadell, →OCLC, page 224.
  2. ^ “evagation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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