peregrination: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Method Proven To Stop Panic, Anxiety, Phobias Without Drugs I am a nurse and thought about what would I do for my patients; research the problem and get information... "I was doing a relaxation technique one day and my 9 yr-old daughter said, 'Mom, you don't need to do that anymore, you don't have anxiety anymore.' I feel this program saved my life." -Shari Learn more ADVERTISEMENT
Word of the Day for Tuesday, August 26, 2008 peregrination \pehr-uh-gruh-NAY-shun\, noun: A traveling from place to place; a wandering. He left Parma in the family camper-van, abandoning it in a Milan car-park to avoid its being identified at border controls before setting off on a peregrination through Switzerland, France, London, Canada, New York and eventually back to London. -- Paddy Agnew, "Incident leads to crime that has baffled police", Irish Times, December 12, 1998 In 1890, Lafcadio Hearn settled in Japan after a lifetime of restless, melancholy peregrination. -- Francine Prose, "Modern Geisha", New York Times, April 23, 2000 He ventures out in his pajamas and makes a dreamlike peregrination through the town's deserted streets. -- Richard Eder, "Puck-ish Ramblings in Midsummer Dreams", New York Times, May 18, 2000 Peregrination comes from Latin peregrinatio, from peregrinari, "to stay or travel in foreign countries," from peregre, "in a foreign country, abroad," from per, "through" + ager, "land." Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for peregrination Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
Method Proven To Stop Panic, Anxiety, Phobias Without Drugs I am a nurse and thought about what would I do for my patients; research the problem and get information... "I was doing a relaxation technique one day and my 9 yr-old daughter said, 'Mom, you don't need to do that anymore, you don't have anxiety anymore.' I feel this program saved my life." -Shari Learn more ADVERTISEMENT
Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as: mayorjfvalley@gmail.com To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: leave-13078611-6044678G@lists.lexico.com To subscribe to Word of the Day by email, please send a blank message to: join-wordoftheday@lists.lexico.com ©2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. 65 Pine Ave, #319 Long Beach, CA 90802 Subscriptions to The Word of the Day can be turned on and off via the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ Tell a friend about The Word of the Day!