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peregrinity

Meaning of "peregrinity" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PEREGRINITY

ˌpɛrɪˈɡrɪnɪtɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEREGRINITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peregrinity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PEREGRINITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of peregrinity in the English dictionary

The first definition of peregrinity in the dictionary is foreignness, strangeness, the quality of being peregrine. Other definition of peregrinity is the condition of being a foreigner or immigrant. Peregrinity is also a peregrination, a journey to or brief stay in a foreign place.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEREGRINITY

affinity · alkalinity · asininity · chlorinity · concinnity · consanguinity · crystallinity · divinity · felinity · femininity · feminity · infinity · Latinity · masculinity · saccharinity · salinity · sanguinity · trinity · vicinity · virginity

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEREGRINITY

peregal · peregrinate · peregrination · peregrinator · peregrinatory · peregrine · peregrine falcon · pereion · pereiopod · Pereira · pereira bark · Perelman · peremptorily · peremptoriness · peremptory · Perendale · perennate · perennation · perennial · perenniality

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEREGRINITY

aminity · aquilinity · Blessed Trinity · bovinity · caninity · Christianity · clandestinity · community · convicinity · electron affinity · equinity · Holy Trinity · humanity · hypersalinity · inquilinity · opportunity · saturninity · the divinity · unity · vanity

Synonyms and antonyms of peregrinity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «peregrinity» into 25 languages

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The translations of peregrinity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peregrinity» in English.
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peregrinity
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Peregriniti
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peregrinity
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Peregrinity
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peregrinity
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peregrinity
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peregrinity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEREGRINITY»

Discover the use of peregrinity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peregrinity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Words in Dictionaries and History: Essays in honour of R.W. ...
In the field of general language use, aside from poetry, Iohnson seems to have teased Boswell on more than one occasion on this issue of word-creation: I asked him if peregrinity was an English word: he laughed, and said, 'No.' I told him this ...
Olga Timofeeva, Tanja Säily, 2011
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Vulnerability and Human Rights
The somewhat arcane noun ''peregrinity'' means something foreign, strange, and outlandish. The new xenophobia is thus a collective psychological response to peregrinity. The modern state has a contradictory relationship to multicultur- ...
Bryan S. Turner, 2010
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together With, The ...
somewhat of a peregrinity in their dialect, which relation has augmented to a different language." I asked him if peregrinity was an English word. He laughed, and said, " No." I told him this was the second time that I had heard him coin a word.
James Boswell, Alexander Napier, 1884
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [Followed by] The journal of a ...
Dr. Johnson thought it could not be true, or all the kingdom must have heard of it. He said to me, as we travelled, " These people, sir, that Gerard talks of may have somewhat of a peregrinity in their dialect, which relation has augmented ...
James Boswell, Robert Carruthers, 1851
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: Together with The Journal of a ...
somewhat of a peregrinity in their dialect, which relation has augmented to a different language." I asked him if peregrinity was an English word. He laughed, and said, " No." I told him this was the second time that I had heard him coin a word.
James Boswell, Alexander Napier, 1884
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and ...
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.' I asked him if peregrinity was an English word : he laughed, and ...
James Boswell, George Birkbeck Norman Hill, 1887
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The life of Samuel Johnson, L.L. D.: including A journal of ...
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." I asked him if peregrinity was an English word. He laughed  ...
James Boswell, John Wilson Croker, 1837
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides: With Samuel Johnson, ...
Dr. Johnson thought it could not be true, or all the kingdom must have heard of it. He said to me, as we travelled, " these people, Sir, that Gerrard talks of, may have somewhat flf a peregrinity in their dialect, which relation has has augmented to ...
James Boswell, 1785
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Tour to the Hebrides
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." J asked him if peregrinity was an English word : he laughed,  ...
James Boswell, 1807
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On the Shoulders of Giants: The Post-Italianate Edition
Upon reviewing this unbalanced itinerary, I can only conclude that I have been suffering from a bad case of peregrinity (or as I should perhaps refer to it: peregrinosis) .* * In the use of this term, at least, I have broken free of all anglophilic ...
Robert K. Merton, 1965
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Peregrinity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/peregrinity>. May 2024 ».
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