About The Word Peripatetic

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Peripatetic to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Peripatetic definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Peripatetic

Peripatetic Meaning & Definition
Peripatetic Definition And Meaning

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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Somatic delusion ‐ a delusion concerning the body image or parts…
  • Python variegatus ‐ Australian python with a variegated pattern…
  • Monogenic disorder ‐ an inherited disease controlled by a single…
  • Dehorn ‐ take the horns off animals [v] prevent the growth of horns; of…
  • Cloudburst ‐ a…
  • John davys ‐ English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for…
  • Ballistic ‐ relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving…
  • Ailuropoda melanoleuca ‐ large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of…
  • Swig ‐ a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp"…
  • Personalty ‐ movable property (as distinguished from…