Meaning of pedestrian in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /pəˈdɛstriən/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    pedestrian

    Definitions

    1. lacking wit or imagination

    Examples

    • « a pedestrian movie plot »

    Synonyms

  2. Noun

    pedestrian

    Etymology

    early 18th century: from French pédestre or Latin pedester‘going on foot’, also ‘written in prose’+ -ian. Early use in English was in the description of writing as ‘prosaic’

    Definitions

    1. a person who travels by foot

    Derived terms

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