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† peripatetian Obs.|-ˈiːʃ(ɪ)ən|
Also 6 peripatecian, -etion, -icien, 7–8 -ician, (6 paripatecian, 7 pyripatition).
[For *peripatetician, ad. F. péripatéticien, f. L. peripatētic-us peripatetic + -ien, -ian.]
A philosopher of the Peripatetic school.
a1533Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) B ij, Peripaticiens, Academiens and Epicuriens. 1559J. Aylmer Harborowe C j b, Stoickes, Academikes, Paripatecians. c1590Greene Fr. Bacon xi. 73, I will..walk up and down, and be a peripatetian and a philosopher of Aristotle's stamp. 1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature xii. §1. 108 Any Axiome of Aristotle amongst his Pyripatitions. 1753tr. Voltaire's Micromegas 36 An old peripatician lifting up his voice, exclaimed..‘The soul is perfection and reason’.
b. One who walks or travels about (with play on prec. sense).
1598Bp. Hall Sat. v. iii. 33 Yet certes Mæcha is a Platonist, To all, they say, saue who so do not list; Because her husband a farre-trafiq'd man, Is a profest Peripatecian. |