单词 | peripateticate |
释义 | † peripateticatev. Obsolete. transitive with it. To walk on foot.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > in contrast with 'ride' to walk on footc1390 to take to one's feet (or foot)1508 to walk afoot1565 walk1631 to hoof it1652 peripateticate1793 foot-slog1897 1793 R. Southey Let. 31 July in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1849) I. 182 I am here and there, and every where;..now peripateticating it to Cambridge, and now an equestrian in the land of cyder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < v.1793 |
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