wandersome

wandersome

English

Etymology

From wander +‎ -some.

Adjective

wandersome (comparative more wandersome, superlative most wandersome)

1. Characterised or marked by wandering
   • 2010, Sam Flakus, Dark Horse:

     Though the sky is fogged with the wildfires south of this location, dulling the sun's piercing ultraviolet punishment, still, my mind is wandersome.

   • 2010, John Fee, The Anaemic Leukaemic:

     So with heels chafed and sore, a now empty walnut sized bladder and a Booker Prize for best newcomer, I once again girded my rapidly diminishing loins and headed squeakily back to bed with my wandersome companion.

   • 2013, Tom Dening, ‎Alan Thomas, Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry:

     If the patient is hyperactive and wandersome, then the intravenous route may be hazardous, and prolonged one-to-one attention to get medication and fluids delivered is probably the best choice.

   • 2013, Lynny Harris, Midbar I:

     It was most unusual to have her strong, restless, wandersome father ensconced at home even if it was only temporarily.