(ˈ)nō|madik, -dēk adjective
Etymology: Greek nomadikos pastoral, wandering, from nomad-, nomas nomad + -ikos -ic
1. : of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of a people of nomads or their way of life
a nomadic tribe
the nomadic habits of the Bedouins
2. : roaming about from place to place aimlessly or without a fixed pattern of movement : vagrant
many ownerless dogs are nomadic — E.M.Pullar
girls … make up from one eighth to one third of the nomadic group — W.C.Naw