About The Word Peripatetic
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Peripatetic
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What's The Definition Of Peripatetic?
[n] a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
[n] a person who walks from place to place [adj] traveling especially on foot; "peripatetic country preachers"; "a poor wayfaring stranger" Synonyms | Synonyms for Peripatetic: Aristotelean | Aristotelian | unsettled | wayfaring Related Terms | Find terms related to Peripatetic: Ahasuerus | ambulant | ambulative | ambulator | ambulatory | Ancient Mariner | Argonaut | backpacker | bird of passage | circuit-riding | drifter | expeditionary | floater | Flying Dutchman | foot passenger | foot soldier | foot traveler | footslogger | gad | gadabout | globe-girdling | globe-trotting | go-about | going | Goliard | hiker | hitchhiker | hoofer | infantryman | itinerant | itinerary | jaywalker | journeying | locomotive | marcher | mover | moving | mundivagant | nomadic | Odysseus | Oisin | on tour | Ossian | paddlefoot | passing | pedestrian | perambulating | perambulatory | peregrinative | peregrinator | peregrine | pilgrimlike | progressing | rambler | roamer | rolling stone | rover | roving | runabout | straggler | stroller | strolling | strolling player | touring | touristic | touristy | trailsman | tramper | traveling | trekking | troubadour | Ulysses | vagabond | vagrant | visitant | walker | walking | walkist | wanderer | wandering | wandering minstrel | wandering scholar | wayfaring See Also | adherent | disciple | footer | pedestrian | walker Peripatetic In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle
(who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at
Athens), or to his followers. ``The true peripatetic
school.'' --Howell.
\Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, n. 1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. --Tatler. 2. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian. |
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