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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024per•i•pa•tet•ic /ˌpɛrəpəˈtɛtɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - walking or traveling about;
itinerant. n. [countable] - an itinerant person.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024per•i•pa•tet•ic (per′ə pə tet′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - walking or traveling about; itinerant.
- Philosophy(cap.) of or pertaining to Aristotle, who taught philosophy while walking in the Lyceum of ancient Athens.
- Philosophy(cap.) of or pertaining to the Aristotelian school of philosophy.
n. - a person who walks or travels about.
- Philosophy(cap.) a member of the Aristotelian school.
- Greek peripatētikós of Aristotle and his school, literally, walking about, equivalent. to peripatē- (verbid stem of peripateîn to walk about, equivalent. to peri- peri- + pateîn to walk; akin to path) + -tikos -tic
- Latin peripatēticus
- late Middle English 1400–50
per′i•pa•tet′i•cal•ly, adv. per•i•pa•tet•i•cism (per′ə pə tet′ə siz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged wandering, roving; vagrant.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: peripatetic /ˌpɛrɪpəˈtɛtɪk/ adj - itinerant
- Brit employed in two or more educational establishments and travelling from one to another: a peripatetic football coach
n - a peripatetic person
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin peripatēticus, from Greek peripatētikos, from peripatein to pace to and froˌperipaˈtetically adv Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Peripatetic /ˌpɛrɪpəˈtɛtɪk/ adj - of or relating to the teachings of Aristotle, who used to teach philosophy while walking about the Lyceum in ancient Athens
n - a student of Aristotelianism
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