Associations to the word «Pedestrianism»

Wiktionary

PEDESTRIANISM, noun. A form of competitive walking of the nineteenth century, often professional and funded by wagering, from which the modern sport of racewalking developed.
PEDESTRIANISM, noun. Something that is pedestrian, or banal; a commonplace.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.