I. pə̇ˈdestrēən adjective
Etymology: Latin pedestr-, pedester, pedestris going on foot, prosaic (from pedes one going on foot, from ped-, pes foot) + English -an — more at foot
1.
a. : having the characteristics of a drudge or plodder : unimaginative
a dry laborious pedestrian student of facts — Havelock Ellis
b. : marked by drabness or dullness : commonplace
in a pedestrian world he held to the old cavalier grace — John Buchan
c. of style : lacking sprightliness or inspiration : prosaic
urbane, richly allusive … almost never pens a pedestrian page — Dixon Wecter
his sentences and phrases are too often pedestrian , commonplace, and flat — Times Literary Supplement
2.
a. : going on foot
a dog will scurry before and behind his pedestrian master — George Santayana
b. : performed on foot
a pedestrian journey
pedestrian races
c. : of or relating to walking
complained about the pedestrian distances — Lewis Mumford
II. noun
( -s )
: a person who travels on foot : walker: as
a. : one who walks for pleasure, sport, or exercise : hiker
an indefatigable pedestrian
he liked company on a walk … and most of his guests were not pedestrians — R.M.Lovett
b. : one walking as distinguished from one travelling by car or cycle
signalled traffic to halt to allow pedestrians to cross the street