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Webster 1913 Edition
Nomadic
No-mad′ic
,Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK]. See
Nomad
.] Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence;
– as, a
. nomadic
tribeNo-mad′ic-al-ly
(#)
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nomadic
NOMADIC
,Adj.
Definition 2024
nomadic
nomadic
English
Alternative forms
- nomadick (obsolete)
Adjective
nomadic (comparative more nomadic, superlative most nomadic)
- Of, or relating to nomads.
- Leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; peripatetic, itinerant.
- 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 47–48:
- Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
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Translations
of, or relating to nomads
leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; peripatetic, itinerant