peregrinate
/ˈpɛ.ɹɪ.ɡɹəˌneɪt/
peregrinate means to travel from place to place, or from one country to another, especially on foot; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries. It carries an Arena rating of 1889, earned across 75 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, peregrinate ranks #729 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #836 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #1,865 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #2,207 of 17,143 for Best Fossil-Poetry Words.
peregrinate is pronounced /ˈpɛ.ɹɪ.ɡɹəˌneɪt/.
Why “peregrinate” is a great word
PEREGRINATE — [Verb] To travel from place to place, especially on foot or over a long period. From the Latin peregrīnārī ("to travel abroad"), from peregrīnus ("foreign, alien"). First recorded in English use in the 1590s. Unlike "journey," which implies a vector from one fixed point to another, or "sojourn," which denotes a temporary, static residence, to peregrinate is to make wandering itself the purpose, a traversal through lands where one remains an outsider. It is the grit of a foreign road on your boots, the scent of unfamiliar earth after a sudden rain, and the slow accumulation of miles that erodes a hometown accent—a quiet understanding that some destinations are found not in arrival, but in the attenuation of one's origins.
Etymology
From Latin peregrinari (“to live or travel abroad”). See also peregrine and pilgrim.
verb
- To travel from place to place, or from one country to another, especially on foot; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries.
- To travel through a specific place.
adj
- Peregrine; having travelled; exotic, foreign.
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