pedestrianismn.

Brit.

/pᵻˈdɛstrɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/pəˈdɛstriəˌnɪz(ə)m/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pedestrian n., pedestrian adj., -ism suffix.

Etymology: In sense 1 < pedestrian n. + -ism suffix. In sense 2 < pedestrian adj. + -ism suffix.

1. The activity of travelling on foot, walking; (also) walking, running, leaping, etc., as an exercise or (now historical) as a competitive sport.In quot. 1836 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun]

walkinga1325

spacingc1485

ambulation1554

footing1567

hoofing1652

Shanks' (or Shanks's) mare, ponya1774

pedestrianizing1799

pedestrianism1808

ankle express1887

1808 Morning Post 5 Jan. (headline) Pedestrianism... A Mr. Dalmar has undertaken, for a considerable wager, to run several miles, on chosen ground, within the hour.

1836 Brit. Critic Jan. 258 Here, too, the pedestrianism of cautious statesmanship may pant in vain behind the fiery chariot of clerical impatience.

1843 B. B. Cooper Life A. Cooper (L.) Captain Barclay's famous feat of pedestrianism—a thousand miles in a thousand hours.

1882 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1885) 400 Comfortable pedestrianism in the greater number of young American towns is next door to an impossibility.

1929 S. Leslie Anglo-Catholic xx. 276 He set out to walk away the sense of futility. Pedestrianism gives some sense of arriving somewhere.

1989 D. Morrow & M. Keyes Conc. Hist. Sport in Canada 57 Rumours of scandals in other sports, such as ‘pedestrianism’ (any foot race) and rowing, made organizations like the NLA wary of the ‘intrusion’ of professionalism.

1996 Transportation Res. C. 4 106 Encouragement of transportation alternatives (ridesharing, transit and pedestrianism) were supported.

2. Prosaic, commonplace, or unimaginative style or manner.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > dullness

humdrum1727

woodenness1854

pedestrianism1858

monotone1871

blue-bookiness1909

1858 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 341/2 He learned to despise with the transcendentalists the dull, blind, pedestrianism of the Understanding.

1892 Sat. Rev. 21 May 602/1 An almost Wordsworthian pedestrianism of style.

1912 F. O. Mann Wks. Thomas Deloney p. xlii His stanzas are never entirely free from the pedestrianism that marks his inferior ballads.

1949 H. P. Vincent Trying-out of Moby-Dick iv. 351 To deny the emotional and metaphysical implications of such writing is the height of pedestrianism.

1996 P. F. Boller Presidential Campaigns xv. 80 The Democrats insisted that Polk's pedestrianism was preferable to Clay's flashiness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pedestrianism
释义	pedestrianismn. Brit. /pᵻˈdɛstrɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /pəˈdɛstriəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pedestrian n., pedestrian adj., -ism suffix. Etymology: In sense 1 < pedestrian n. + -ism suffix. In sense 2 < pedestrian adj. + -ism suffix. 1. The activity of travelling on foot, walking; (also) walking, running, leaping, etc., as an exercise or (now historical) as a competitive sport.In quot. 1836 figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] walkinga1325 spacingc1485 ambulation1554 footing1567 hoofing1652 Shanks' (or Shanks's) mare, ponya1774 pedestrianizing1799 pedestrianism1808 ankle express1887 1808 Morning Post 5 Jan. (headline) Pedestrianism... A Mr. Dalmar has undertaken, for a considerable wager, to run several miles, on chosen ground, within the hour. 1836 Brit. Critic Jan. 258 Here, too, the pedestrianism of cautious statesmanship may pant in vain behind the fiery chariot of clerical impatience. 1843 B. B. Cooper Life A. Cooper (L.) Captain Barclay's famous feat of pedestrianism—a thousand miles in a thousand hours. 1882 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1885) 400 Comfortable pedestrianism in the greater number of young American towns is next door to an impossibility. 1929 S. Leslie Anglo-Catholic xx. 276 He set out to walk away the sense of futility. Pedestrianism gives some sense of arriving somewhere. 1989 D. Morrow & M. Keyes Conc. Hist. Sport in Canada 57 Rumours of scandals in other sports, such as ‘pedestrianism’ (any foot race) and rowing, made organizations like the NLA wary of the ‘intrusion’ of professionalism. 1996 Transportation Res. C. 4 106 Encouragement of transportation alternatives (ridesharing, transit and pedestrianism) were supported. 2. Prosaic, commonplace, or unimaginative style or manner. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > dullness humdrum1727 woodenness1854 pedestrianism1858 monotone1871 blue-bookiness1909 1858 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 341/2 He learned to despise with the transcendentalists the dull, blind, pedestrianism of the Understanding. 1892 Sat. Rev. 21 May 602/1 An almost Wordsworthian pedestrianism of style. 1912 F. O. Mann Wks. Thomas Deloney p. xlii His stanzas are never entirely free from the pedestrianism that marks his inferior ballads. 1949 H. P. Vincent Trying-out of Moby-Dick iv. 351 To deny the emotional and metaphysical implications of such writing is the height of pedestrianism. 1996 P. F. Boller Presidential Campaigns xv. 80 The Democrats insisted that Polk's pedestrianism was preferable to Clay's flashiness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1808
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