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comparative more peregrine, superlative most peregrine
Wandering, travelling, migratory. examples
Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien. examples
(astrology, of a planet) Lacking essential debility.
Extrinsic or from without; exotic. quotations examples
peregrine and preternatural heat
1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […]
As soon as she had smiled her face altered again, and the petulant expression peregrine to her features took control.
1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan
plural peregrines
The peregrine falcon. examples
(dated) A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than his or her own. examples