Meaning of pedestrian in English

1. Pronunciation

   /pəˈdɛstriən/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   pedestrian

   Definitions

   1. lacking wit or imagination

   Examples

   • « a pedestrian movie plot »

   Synonyms

   • uninteresting

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