pedestrian
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Definition of pedestrian
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Of or intended for those who are walking.
“pedestrian crossing”
“pedestrian zone”
“The piezoelectric pedestrian tubeways depicted for Shanghai 2121 will provide all-weather pedestrian transportation citywide.”
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adj
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(not-comparable)Of or intended for those who are walking.
“pedestrian crossing”
“pedestrian zone”
“The piezoelectric pedestrian tubeways depicted for Shanghai 2121 will provide all-weather pedestrian transportation citywide.”
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(comparable, figuratively)Ordinary, dull; everyday; unexceptional.
“His manner of dress was pedestrian but tidy.”
“a pedestrian life”
“England were hugely impressive in the first half in particular, when their supporters inside this magnificent bowl at Stade Velodrome roared their approval as Russia were pressed into submission and made to look pedestrian.”
“Their prose is pedestrian, their ideas weak. Hail them.”
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Pertaining to ordinary, everyday movements incorporated in postmodern dance.
“The choreographer prefers pedestrian movements.”
noun
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A walker; one who walks or goes on foot, especially as opposed to one who uses a vehicle.
“[…] how the troops came marching out for evening exercise under Captain Preston; how pedestrians and street urchins taunted them, shouting "Lobsters," "Bloody-backs," and flinging snow-balls, turnips, […]”
- (dated)An expert or professional walker or runner; one who performs feats of walking or running.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pedester, root pedestri- (from pedes) + -an (suffix forming adjectives).
Words you can make from pedestrian
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