PEDESTRIAN


Meaning of PEDESTRIAN in English

I. pe ‧ des ‧ tri ‧ an 1 /pəˈdestriən, pɪˈdestriən/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

someone who is walking, especially along a street or other place used by cars ⇨ motorist

II. pedestrian 2 BrE AmE adjective

[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: pedester 'going on foot' , from pes 'foot' ]

1 . ordinary and uninteresting and without any imagination:

a painting that is pedestrian and unimaginative

a rather pedestrian student

2 . [only before noun] relating to pedestrians or used by pedestrians:

pedestrian traffic

a pedestrian walkway

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