10 Words From Around The World That Perfectly Describe The Spirit Of Adventure

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Written by: Lou Boyd

Last Updated: 05 Sep 2016

Fully describing the feeling of going on an adventure is pretty hard. That can be seen  through all the novels and memoirs throughout history that have given it a bash. Wanderlust is a great word, but it’s pretty overused nowadays when trying to describe travel and adventure, so we’ve had a look at how other languages do it…. From coddiwomple to nemophilist, we bet there’s more than a couple of awesome words here that you’ll relate too!

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(n.) English: The trail of dreams, ideas, inspirations, and experiences brought into being by the human imagination.

 

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(n.) English: A Solitary adventurer. Someone who wanders and travels without company.

 

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(n.) German: An ache for distant places and a longing for travel.

 

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(v.) English To travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination

 

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(n.) French:  “The call of the void” The instinctive urge to jump from high places

 

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(n.) French: To be taken out of a familiar world and placed into a new one

 

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(n.) Japanese: A profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe

 

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(n.) French: “Being west” To be a daydreamer…

 

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(n.) Swedish: The restless race of the traveler’s heart before the journey begins.

 

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(n.) English: A love and passion for the solitude and beauty of forests and woodland.