peregrine
/ˈpɛɹəɡɹin/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
With "tone" Referring to the tonus peregrinus or 'wandering tone' in ecclesiastical chant and mode theory.
noun
The peregrine falcon.
name
A male given name from Latin; and of mostly British usage.
Example Sentences
- "The Romani are perpetually peregrine people."
- "peregrine and preternatural heat"
- "As soon as she had smiled her face altered again, and the petulant expression peregrine to her features took control."
- "Pringle didn't say anything about Roger always being called Hodge. He sensed that Mr. Liddon wouldn't call him Hodge any more than he would call him Pringle. He was right. / "Parents well, are they, Peregrine?" - - - / Hodge capered about, his thumbs in his ears and his hand flapping. "Tweet, tweet, mad bird. His master chains him up like a dog. Tweet, tweet, birdie!" / "I'd rather be a hunting falcon than Roger the lodger the sod," said Pringle."