sojourn
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sojor, sojorner (modern séjour, séjourner), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin *subdiurnāre, from Latin sub- (“under, a little over”) + Late Latin diurnus (“lasting for a day”), from Latin dies (“day”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒdʒɜːn/, /ˈsɒdʒən/, /ˈsəʊdʒɜːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊdʒɚn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
Noun
sojourn (plural sojourns)
- A short stay somewhere.
- 2006, Joseph Price Remington, Paul Beringer, Remington: The Science And Practice Of Pharmacy (page 1168)
- The use of vasoconstrictors to increase the sojourn of local anesthetics at the site of infiltration continues […]
- 2006, Joseph Price Remington, Paul Beringer, Remington: The Science And Practice Of Pharmacy (page 1168)
- A temporary residence.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- Though long detained / In that obscure sojourn […]
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
Translations
A short stay somewhere
Verb
sojourn (third-person singular simple present sojourns, present participle sojourning, simple past and past participle sojourned)
- (intransitive) To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Genesis xii. 30
- Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there.
- (Can we date this quote?) Hayward
- The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Genesis xii. 30
Synonyms
- stay over, stop; See also Thesaurus:sojourn
Translations
Stay temporarily
Related terms
References
- “sojourn” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Anagrams
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