sojourn

²so·journ

verb \ˈsō-ˌjərn, sō-ˈ\

Definition of SOJOURN

intransitive verb

: to stay as a temporary resident : stop <sojourned for a month at a resort>

— so·journ·er noun

Examples of SOJOURN

1. <began their retirement by leisurely sojourning with friends and relatives scattered across the country>
2. ‘Am I hideous, Jane?’ ‘Very, sir: you always were, you know.’ ‘Humph! The wickedness has not been taken out of you, wherever you have sojourned.’ —Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847
3. … there abode, in a remote period of American history, that is to say, some thirty years since, a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane, who sojourned, or, as he expressed it, “tarried,” in Sleepy Hollow, for the purpose of instructing the children of the vicinity. —Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleep Hollow, 1820

Origin of SOJOURN

Middle English, from Anglo-French sujurner, sejurner, from Vulgar Latin *subdiurnare, from Latin sub under, during + Late Latin diurnum day — more at up, journey

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SOJOURN

Synonyms: crash [slang], visit, stay, tarry

Related Words: come by, come over, drop by, drop in, run in, step in, stop (by); frequent, hang (around or out), haunt; inhabit, occupy

Near Antonyms: abide, dwell, live, reside

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