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peregrine

[ per-i-grin, -green, -grahyn ]
/ ˈpɛr ɪ grɪn, -ˌgrin, -ˌgraɪn /
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adjective

foreign; alien; coming from abroad.
wandering, traveling, or migrating.

noun

peregrine falcon.

RELATED WORDS

peripatetic, wandering, itinerant, alluring, glamorous, romantic, colorful, unusual, unfamiliar, peculiar, alien, strange, curious, weird, bizarre, fascinating, different, mobile, roaming, vagrant

Nearby words

perdurable, perdure, perea, peregrinate, peregrination, peregrine, peregrine falcon, pereion, pereiopod, pereira, pereira bark

Origin of peregrine

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin peregrīnus foreign, derivative of peregrē abroad, literally, through (i.e., beyond the borders of) the field, equivalent to per- per- + -egr-, combining form of ager field + -ē adv. suffix; see -ine1

Related forms

per·e·grin·i·ty [per-i-grin-i-tee] /ˌpɛr ɪˈgrɪn ɪ ti/, noun
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peregrine

/ (ˈpɛrɪɡrɪn) /

adjective archaic

coming from abroad
travelling or migratory; wandering

Word Origin for peregrine

C14: from Latin peregrīnus foreign, from pereger being abroad, from per through + ager land (that is, beyond one's own land)
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