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peregrine en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpɛɹəɡɹin/
• /ˈpɛɹəɡɹɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English peregrin, borrowed from Old French peregrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreign”). Doublet of pilgrim.

Meanings

1. Wandering, travelling, migratory.
   • The Romani are perpetually peregrine people.
2. Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.
3. (of a planet) Lacking essential debility.
4. Extrinsic or from without; exotic.
   • As soon as she had smiled her face altered again, and the petulant expression peregrine to her features took control. 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan:
   • peregrine and preternatural heat 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
5. With "tone" Referring to the tonus peregrinus or 'wandering tone' in ecclesiastical chant and mode theory.

Forms

Deriveds

perlin · peregrinism · peregrine shrimp · peregrinity

peregrine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpɛɹəɡɹin/
• /ˈpɛɹəɡɹɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English peregrin, borrowed from Old French peregrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreign”). Doublet of pilgrim.

Meanings

1. The peregrine falcon.
2. (dated) A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than his or her own.

Forms

Relateds

peregrinate · peregrine hawk · peregrination

Synonyms

strangeling · outlander · alien (foreigner)