astray
adverbattested in dialogue
- United States//əˈstɹeɪ//
Away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction.
adverb
- 1
Away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction.
Go, set the storm-winds free, / And sink their ships or scatter them astray, / And strew their corpses forth, to weltering waves a prey.
- 2
Away from what is right and good; into error or evil.
Etymology
From Middle English astraien or by apheresis straien, from Old French estraier (“to stray”), from late Medieval Latin extravagari (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagārī (“to wander, stray”).
astonished · Amazed; surprised.astonishing · Causing astonishment.astounding · That astounds or astound.
astray · Away from the proper path; in a wrong or unknown direction.
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