pedestrian
Pedestrian is defined as something dull, boring or lacking inspiration or excitement.
(adjective)An example of pedestrian is a play or book that is boring, lacks excitement and has no inspiration.
The definition of a pedestrian is a person who is walking along a road or some developed area to get where he needs to go.
(noun)An example of a pedestrian is a person who is walking to work.
See pedestrian in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- going or done on foot; walking
- of or for pedestrians: a pedestrian crossing
- lacking interest or imagination; prosaic; ordinary and dull: said of a literary style, a speech, etc.
Origin: < L pedester, on foot < pes (gen. pedis), foot + -ian
noun
Related Forms:
- pedestrianism noun
See pedestrian in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Of, relating to, or made for pedestrians: a pedestrian bridge.
- Going or performed on foot: a pedestrian journey.
- Undistinguished; ordinary: pedestrian prose. See Synonyms at dull.
Origin:
Origin: From Latin pedester, pedestr-, going on foot
Origin: , from pedes, a pedestrian
Origin: , from pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- pe·desˈtri·an·ism noun
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