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A pet that chose homelessness over asking permission first.
means To wander away from a fixed path, place, or group — or, as a noun, one who has done exactly that.
from From Old French 'estraier,' meaning to roam or wander, likely rooted in Latin 'extra vagari' — to wander outside. The same Latin root gives us 'extravagant,' which is a nice coincidence, since a stray and an extravagant person are both, in their own way, refusing to stay in their lane.
- origin
- from Old French estraier, to roam
- legal status
- technically ownerless until someone feeds it
- fun twist
- most house cats are one spilled bowl from this
- stray voltage
- same word, means electricity wandering where it shouldn't