tralineate means to deviate; to stray; to wander. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
tralineate is pronounced /tɹəˈlɪn.i.eɪt/.
Why “tralineate” is a great word
TRALINEATE — [Verb] To stray or wander, often subtly, from an intended course, line, or prescribed path. From Latin trāns ("across") + līnea ("a line"), via Italian tralignare or tralineare. Unlike "digress," which implies a rhetorical departure from a topic, or "veer," which suggests a sudden, decisive swerve, to tralineate is to drift gradually, a quiet divergence without announcement. It is the cartographer's pen drifting from its plotted grid, the footpath that imperceptibly fades into meadow grass, or the gentle erosion of a principle over quiet years—the subtle, persistent force by which all things, given time, stray from their original design.
verb
- To deviate; to stray; to wander.“If you tralineate from your father's mind,
What are you else but of a bastard kind?”