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Jun. 6, 2014
Word of the Day

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\PER-i-grin, -green, -grahyn\
adjective
1. foreign; alien; coming from abroad.
2. wandering, traveling, or migrating.
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-- Translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux, The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, Vol. 2, 1864
Origin
Peregrine entered English in the late 1300s from the Latin peregrē literally meaning "beyond the borders of the field."
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