Learn a Word Daily — Peregrinate
Your Word of the Day — Peregrinate: definition, nuance, usage & audio.
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Word of the Day · November 13, 2025
Peregrinate
PEH-ruh-gruh-nayt · verb
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Definition
- To travel or wander from place to place.
- To journey through a region, especially on foot.
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Origin & Etymology
From Latin peregrinari ‘to travel abroad’ (peregrinus ‘foreign’).
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Nuance
Elevated/literary; suggests purposeful roaming rather than aimless drift.
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Usage
“They spent a summer peregrinating through old pilgrimage routes.”
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Fun Fact
Related to “pilgrim,” both tracing back to Latin peregrinus.
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