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pe⋅des⋅tri⋅an⋅ism

  [puh-des-tree-uh-niz-uhm]
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–noun
1. the exercise or practice of walking.
2. commonplace or prosaic manner, quality, etc.
Origin:
1800–10; pedestrian + -ism
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pe·des·tri·an   (pə-děs'trē-ən)   
n.  A person traveling on foot; a walker.
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or made for pedestrians: a pedestrian bridge.

  2. Going or performed on foot: a pedestrian journey.

  3. Undistinguished; ordinary: pedestrian prose. See Synonyms at dull.


[From Latin pedester, pedestr-, going on foot, from pedes, a pedestrian, from pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
pe·des'tri·an·ism n.
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