Sojourn

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈsÉ’dʒɜːn/, /ˈsÉ’dÊ’É™n/ /ˈsəʊdʒɜːn/
• US IPA: /ˈsoÊŠdÊ’Éšn/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n

Origin

Borrowing from fro 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").

Online Etymology Dictionary

Full definition of sojourn

Noun

1. 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...
2. A temporary residence.Though long detained
   In that obscure sojourn. — Milton.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.
• Bible, Genesis xii. 30Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there.
• HaywardThe soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days.

Conjugation

• The archaic third-person singular present active indicative form sojourneth is also attested.

Related terms

• sojourner

Anagrams

• journos