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In some senses, peregrine is marked as dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
high, preternatural
VERB + PEREGRINE
progress
PEREGRINE + NOUN
birds, chicks, falcon, falcons, people, pigeons
ADV.
perpetually
adj
Wandering, travelling, migratory.
The Romani are perpetually peregrine people.
Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.
Lacking essential debility.
Extrinsic or from without; exotic.
peregrine and preternatural heat
As soon as she had smiled her face altered again, and the petulant expression peregrine to her features took control.
With "tone" Referring to the tonus peregrinus or 'wandering tone' in ecclesiastical chant and mode theory.
noun
The peregrine falcon.
A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than his or her own.
name
A male given name from Latin; and of mostly British usage.
Pringle didn't say anything about Roger always being called Hodge. He sensed that Mr. Liddon wouldn't call him Hodge any more than he would call him Pringle. He was right. / "Parents well, are they, Peregrine?" - - - / Hodge capered about, his thumbs in his ears and his hand flapping. "Tweet, tweet, mad bird. His master chains him up like a dog. Tweet, tweet, birdie!" / "I'd rather be a hunting falcon than Roger the lodger the sod," said Pringle.
The Romani are perpetually peregrine people.
Wiktionaryperegrine and preternatural heat
WiktionaryAs soon as she had smiled her face altered again, and the petulant expression peregrine to her features took control.
WiktionaryPringle didn't say anything about Roger always being called Hodge. He sensed that Mr. Liddon wouldn't call him Hodge any more than he would call him Pringle. He was right. / "Parents well, are they, P
WiktionaryThis is a precise and poetic paean to the peregrine.
Tatoeba · #6386523Peregrine falcons are birds of prey.
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In some senses, peregrine is marked as dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.