Meaning of nubivagant | Babel Free

Definitions

Wandering in the clouds; moving through the air.

rare

Examples

“On the whole, although a man must do his duty, "painful as it is," (as a Judge⟳ would say⟳ to a felon whom he is going to sentence to death,) yet it would be better for a collineomaniac to think⟳, now and then, of the desolation he is bringing down upon happy nests; of how many little broods he may cause to starve⟳; of how many robbed mates he will send⟳, nubivagant, whistling and singing tremulous love-notes through the air, vainly searching and calling for their lost spouses, never, never to return⟳!”

“I suspect⟳ I will never again see⟳ a crowd of 35,000 transform⟳ with such speed⟳ into nubivagant hip-swivelling beasts.”

“Aircraft are all nubivagant, gorillas are all nemorivagant, and a holiday in Snowdonia could be described as a montivagant weekend.”

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