pedaneous

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UK/pɪˈdeɪ̯.ni.əs/US/pəˈdeɪ̯.ni.əs/

adjective

Going on foot; pedestrian.

OriginLatin pedaneus →
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Meanings

adjectivepedaneous (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableGoing on foot; pedestrian.
    1 more example

    After the deperdition of Indagator, having an appetency still further to pervestigate the frithy occident; being still an agamist, and not wishing to be any longer a pedaneous viator, nor to be solivagant, I brought about the emption of a yaud, partly by numismatic mutuation, and partly by a hypothecation of my fusee and argental horologe.

    1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, “LETTER NO. VIII.”, in Letters to Squire Pedant, in the East, 2nd edition, Cincinnati: Applegate & Co., →OL, page 28

Origin

  1. Latinpedaneus“of the size of a foot”
  2. Englishpedaneous

Latin pedaneus (“of the size of a foot”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pedaneous

simultaneousspontaneousinstantaneouscutaneoussubcutaneousextraneouscontemporaneousextemporaneousAscaniusopertaneoussanioussubitaneous
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APA

pedaneous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedaneous

MLA

“pedaneous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedaneous. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pedaneous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedaneous.

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