pererrationとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

pererration (複数形 pererrations)

1. A rambling or wandering through various places.
   • 1642, James Howell, “Section XV”, in Instructions for Forreine Travell. […], London: […] T. B. for Humprey Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC; republished as Edward Arber, editor, Instructions for Forreine Travell. […] (English Reprints; 16), London: [Alex. Murray & Son, 15 June 1869], →OCLC, pages 67–68:

     […] Jonas in the Whales belly, travelled much, but ſaw little, why, becauſe jee was ſhut up in the body of that great (aquatique) beaſt, ſo theſe may be ſaid to have been carried up and downe through many Countreys, and after a long pererration to and fro, to returne as wiſe as they went, becauſe their ſoules were ſo ill lodged, and ſhut up in ſuch ſtupid bodies: […]

参照

“pererration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.