peregrinity
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun Strangeness; foreignness.
- noun Wandering; travel; journey; sojourn.
Examples
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I asked him if peregrinity was an English word: he laughed, and said, ‘No.’
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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.'
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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.
Note
The word 'peregrinity' may come from a Latin word meaning 'foreignness'.
