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pedestrious

/pəˈdɛstɹiəs/

pedestrious adjective: going on foot i.e. not flying or swimming.

Adjective

pedestrious (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Going on foot i.e. not flying or swimming.
    • pedestrious animals1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Questions about pedestrious

What does pedestrious mean?
Pedestrious means going on foot i.e. not flying or swimming.
What part of speech is pedestrious?
Pedestrious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pedestrious?
Pedestrious is pronounced /pəˈdɛstɹiəs/.

Words near pedestrious in the dictionary

  1. pedestrianly
  2. pedestrianness
  3. pedestrians
  4. pedestrienne
  5. pedestriennes
  6. pedestrious
  7. pedetentous
  8. pedetentously
  9. pedetic
  10. pedetid
  11. pedetids

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