gyrovague

From Medieval Latin gȳrovagus (“wandering aimlessly”).

gyrovague (plural gyrovagues)

1. (obsolete) A wandering monk having no fixed monastery, as exemplified in the Rule of St. Benedict.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin gȳrovagus (“wandering aimlessly”).

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ʁɔ.vaɡ/

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gyrovague m (plural gyrovagues)

1. gyrovague (itinerant monk)
2. mendicant, beggar

gyrovague (plural gyrovagues)

1. itinerant, wandering

   Synonym: itinérant

• “gyrovague”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.