apodemic

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἀπόδημος (apódēmos) +‎ -ic, from ἀπο- (apo-, “away from”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “country, people”).

Apparently, in the travel sense, coined by German-language authors in the sixteenth century.[1]

Noun

apodemic (plural apodemics)

  1. (historical) A kind of methodical guidebook for travelers, offering practical advice and instructions on what to see.

Adjective

apodemic (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Of or pertaining to travel methodology.
  2. (ecology, rare) Not endemic; found both inside a particular region and outside it (regardless of origin).

Etymology 2

From apodeme +‎ -ic.

Adjective

apodemic (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the apodeme, an ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton.

Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:apodemic.

References
  1. Ian Kinane (2016 November 16) Theorising Literary Islands: The Island Trope in Contemporary Robinsonade Narratives (Rethinking the Island)‎, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 41: “The Swiss physician Theodor Zwinger, along with Justin Hieronymus Furler, and the German humanist Herarius Pyrksmair, coined the term “apodemic” in the sixteenth century as a method of “rational travel.””
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