单词 | peripatetic |
释义 | peripatetic —peripatetically, adv. —peripateticism /per'euh peuh tet"euh siz'euhm/, n. /per'euh peuh tet"ik/, adj. 1. walking or traveling about; itinerant. 2. (cap.) of or pertaining to Aristotle, who taught philosophy while walking in the Lyceum of ancient Athens. 3. (cap.) of or pertaining to the Aristotelian school of philosophy. n. 4. a person who walks or travels about. 5. (cap.) a member of the Aristotelian school. [1400-50; late ME < L peripateticus < Gk peripatetikós of Aristotle and his school, lit., walking about, equiv. to peripate- (verbid s. of peripateîn to walk about, equiv. to peri- PERI- + pateîn to walk; akin to PATH) + -tikos -TIC] Syn. 1. wandering, roving; vagrant. |
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