Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Strangeness; foreignness.
- n. Wandering; travel; journey; sojourn.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete Foreignness; strangeness.
- n. rare Travel; wandering.
Etymologies
- Latin peregrinitas: compare French pérégrinité. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I asked him if peregrinity was an English word: he laughed, and said, ‘No.’”
“I asked him if peregrinity was an English word: he laughed, and said, 'No.”
“He said to me, as we travelled, 'these people, Sir, that Gerrard talks of, may have somewhat of a peregrinity in their dialect, which relation has augmented to a different language.”
“[414] When upon the subject of this peregrinity, he told me some particulars concerning the compilation of his Dictionary, and concerning his throwing off Lord Chesterfield's patronage, of which very erroneous accounts have been circulated.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘peregrinity’.
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phrontistery - p
from phrontistery.info
pabouche, pabulous, pabulum, pacable, pace, pachydermia, pachyglossal, pachymeter, pachynsis, paciferous, pacificate, pactolian and 1766 more...
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Quirkstyle
Fashion elegance, oddities, styles, and cool garments.
tatterdemalion, froufrou, gingham, argyle, corset, hoop skirt, pantaloons, bloomers, jaunty, seersucker, twill, ganguro and 126 more...
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Journeys
Unexpected or not. :)
journey, pilgrimage, voyage, trek, tour, excursion, trip, jaunt, hadj, haj, schlep, junket and 57 more...
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whichbe Foreignness in style, fashion, dialect, etc.; strangeness, outlandishness. May 12, 2008