单词 | peripatetical |
释义 | peripateticaladj. 1. = peripatetic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > Aristotelian > Peripatetic peripatetica1500 peripatetical1555 1555 R. Sherry Treat. Figures Gram. & Rhetorike f. 25 Aristotle, the prince of peripateticall schole. 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 67 b These doth Thomas of Aquine follow fighting with a peripateticall argument. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. Aiiij All maner of Philosophie, Academicall, or Peripateticall. 1650 T. Vaughan Anima Magica 6 Away then with this Peripateticall Philosophy. a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) iv. i. 147 Other Opinion called Peripatetical, that asserts the Eduction of Immaterial Forms out of the Power of Matter. 1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. v. 65 Unless we will grant a Peripatetical Condensation and Rarefaction. 1754 N. Amhurst Terrae-filius (ed. 3) 106 To maintain and defend all his peripatetical doctrines..to the last gasp of their breath. 1862 Westm. Rev. July 156 The closet scholar and the humorous peripatetical essayist spent many happy hours in reciprocating each other's kindness. 1974 German Q. 47 446 The dialectic structure..was partially influenced by Aristotelian philosophy and partially by the peripatetical concept of Eternity. 1999 Libr. Hist. 15 6 The Peripatos had as its centre a museion, a temple of the muses, and..an integral part of the Peripatetical museion was a library. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > stately or affected peripatetical1589 strutting1601 fluttersome1895 1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. **3 Hauing starched their beardes most curiouslie, to make a peripateticall path into the inner parts of the Citie. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. i. sig. B3v I was so stiffe..I would ha sworne my Legs had beene wodden pegs: a Constable new chosen kept not such a peripateticall gate. b. = peripatetic adj. 2a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > in connection with employment deambulatory1607 peripatetic1607 peripatetical1633 itinerant1661 ambulating1716 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 8) 1270 He wearies..his indefatigable Sollicitor, and makes his peripateticall profession tedious to him. a1635 T. Randolph Poems (1652) 32 A Peripateticall Iourny-man that like another Atlas carries his heavenly shop on 's shoulders. 1854 Fraser's Mag. 50 345 The British Association,..the Archæological Institute, and the other peripatetical gatherings. 1992 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. A. 155 427 The Section has been somewhat peripatetical this year, with six different venues for the first six meetings! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1555 |
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