peripatetic

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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  • Peripatetic — Per i*pa*tet ic, a. [L. peripateticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to walk about; ? about + ? to walk: cf. F. p[ e]ripat[ e]tique.] 1. Walking about; itinerant. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Peripatetic — Per i*pa*tet ic, n. 1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. Tatler. [1913 Webster] 2. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • peripatetic — index itinerant (adjective), itinerant (noun), moving (in motion), pedestrian Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. B …   Law dictionary

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  • peripatetic — itinerant, ambulatory, ambulant, nomadic, vagrant …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • peripatetic — [adj] constantly traveling ambulant, itinerant, itinerate, migrant, mobile, nomadic, perambulant, roaming, roving, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring; concepts 401,584 Ant. fixed, settled …   New thesaurus

  • peripatetic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) travelling from place to place. 2) working or based in a succession of places. DERIVATIVES peripatetically adverb. ORIGIN Greek peripat tikos walking up and down …   English terms dictionary

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  • peripatetic — [ˌpɛrɪpə tɛtɪk] adjective 1》 travelling from place to place.     ↘working or based in a succession of places each for a short period.     ↘(of a teacher) working in more than one school or college. 2》 (Peripatetic) Aristotelian. [with ref. to… …   English new terms dictionary

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