homeward
adverb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L192030 on Wikidata ↗adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L337380 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmwɚd/ / /ˈhəʊmwəd/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English homward, from the adverb (see above).
- oriented towards home
“I caught a homeward bus.”
adv
Etymology: From Middle English homward, from Old English hāmweard, from Proto-Germanic *haimawarda, equivalent to home + -ward. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homeward”).
- Towards home.
“I am homeward bound.”
“There Enoch spoke no word to anyone, / But homeward—home—what home? had he a home? / His home, he walk'd.”