sojourn. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

sojourn

SYLLABICATION:	so·journ
PRONUNCIATION:	sjûrn, s-jûrn
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: so·journed, so·journ·ing, so·journs To reside temporarily. See synonyms at stay¹.
NOUN:	A temporary stay; a brief period of residence.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English sojournen, from Old French sojorner, from Vulgar Latin ^*subdiurnre : Latin sub-, sub- + Late Latin diurnum, day (from Latin, daily ration, from neuter of diurnus, daily, from dis, day; see dyeu- in Appendix I).
OTHER FORMS:	sojourner —NOUN


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