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peri·pa·tet·ic
I. \ˌperəpəˈted.]ik, -et], ]ēk\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English perypatetik, from Latin peripateticus, from peripateticus, adjective
1. usually capitalized : a follower of the philosophy of Aristotle : aristotelian
2. : pedestrian, itinerant
3. peripatetics plural : movements or journeyings hither and thither
< the kind of mixed bag of travelogues and peripatetics to which publishers accustomed us — Maurice Richardson >
II. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective
1. usually capitalized [Middle French & Latin; Middle French peripatetique, from Latin peripateticus, from Greek peripatētikos, irregular from peripatos place for walking, covered walk in the Lyceum where Aristotle taught — more at peripatus] : of or relating to the philosophy of Aristotle or of his followers : aristotelian
2. [Greek peripatētikos, from peripatein to walk around, from peri- + patein to walk; akin to Greek patos path — more at find] : of or relating to walking or moving from place to place : performed or performing while moving about : itinerant
< peripatetic habits >
< peripatetic teaching >
< a peripatetic fruit stand which he pushed about on a cart — W.D.Howells >
< his camera is never aimlessly peripatetic — Arthur Knight >
< peripatetic candidates > |