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Meaning of
pedestrian
in English
Pronunciation
/pəˈdɛstriən/
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Classifying Adjective
pedestrian
Definitions
1.
lacking wit or imagination
Examples
« a pedestrian movie plot »
Synonyms
uninteresting
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
