This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it.
This week’s closing word:
wayfarer
Pronounced: (WAY-fair-urr)
Noun:
utter shrieks, as of cats
Noun:
1. a pedestrian who walks from place to place
2. a traveler going on a trip
From Vocabulary.com: “Sometimes the word wayfarer is used to describe someone who doesn’t simply go on a hike, but who always seems to be restless, especially a journeying literary character. One of the most well-known, classic brands of sunglasses is the Ray-Ban Wayfarer, in production since the early 1950s. Wayfarer combines way with farer, from an Old English root, fær, “journey, road, passage, or expedition.”
Example:
“The buyer was a bit of a wayfarer, so the home’s walkability score was of paramount importance.”
