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peripatetic
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peripatetic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun peripatetic has 2 senses
- peripatetic(n = noun.person) Array - a person who walks from place to place; Array is a kind of footer, pedestrian, walker
- peripatetic(n = noun.person) aristotelean, aristotelian - a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism; Array is a kind of adherent, disciple
Derived forms adjective peripatetic2, adjective peripatetic1, noun peripateticism1
Adjective peripatetic has 2 senses
- peripatetic(a = adj.pert) aristotelean, aristotelian, aristotelic - of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy; "Aristotelean logic" Derived form noun peripatetic2
- peripatetic(s = adj.all) wayfaring - traveling especially on foot; "peripatetic country preachers"; "a poor wayfaring stranger" Derived form noun peripatetic2
CIDE DICTIONARY
peripatetic, a. [L. peripateticus, Gr. , fr. to walk about; about + to walk: cf. F. péripatétique.].
- Walking about; itinerant. [1913 Webster]
- Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers. Howell. [1913 Webster]
peripatetic, n.
- One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. Tatler. [1913 Webster]
- A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
peripatetic, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (of a teacher) working in more than one school or college etc.
2 going from place to place; itinerant.
3 (Peripatetic) Aristotelian (from Aristotle's habit of walking in the Lyceum whilst teaching).
--n. a peripatetic person, esp. a teacher.
--adj.
1 (of a teacher) working in more than one school or college etc.
2 going from place to place; itinerant.
3 (Peripatetic) Aristotelian (from Aristotle's habit of walking in the Lyceum whilst teaching).
--n. a peripatetic person, esp. a teacher.
Derivative
peripatetically adv. peripateticism n.
Etymology
ME f. OF peripatetique or L peripateticus f. Gk peripatetikos f. peripateo (as PERI-, pateo walk)
DEVIL DICTIONARY
peripatetic
adj. Walking about. Relating to the philosophy of Aristotle, who, while expounding it, moved from place to place in order to avoid his pupil's objections. A needless precaution -- they knew no more of the matter than he.THESAURUS
peripatetic
Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, ambulant, ambulative, ambulator, ambulatory, backpacker, bird of passage, circuit-riding, drifter, expeditionary, floater, foot passenger, foot soldier, foot traveler, footslogger, gad, gadabout, globe-girdling, globe-trotting, go-about, going, hiker, hitchhiker, hoofer, infantryman, itinerant, itinerary, jaywalker, journeying, locomotive, marcher, mover, moving, mundivagant, nomadic, on tour, 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, vagabond, vagrant, visitant, walker, walking, walkist, wanderer, wandering, wandering minstrel, wandering scholar, wayfaringROGET THESAURUS
peripatetic
Journey
N journey, travel, traveling, wayfaring, campaigning, journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation, noctambulation, noctambulism, somnambulism, outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt, equitation, horsemanship, riding, manege, ride and tie, basophobia, roving, vagrancy, pererration, marching and countermarching, nomadism, vagabondism, vagabondage, hoboism, gadding, flit, flitting, migration, emigration, immigration, demigration, intermigration, wanderlust, plan, itinerary, guide, handbook, guidebook, road book, Baedeker, Bradshaw, Murray, map, road map, transportation guide, subway map, procession, cavalcade, caravan, file, cortege, column, vehicle, automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter, trolley, locomotive, legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters, traveler, depot, railway station, station, traveling, ambulatory, itinerant, peripatetic, roving, rambling, gadding, discursive, vagrant, migratory, monadic, circumforanean, circumforaneous, noctivagrant, mundivagrant, locomotive, wayfaring, wayworn, travel-stained, on foot, on horseback, on Shanks's mare, by the Marrowbone stage: in transitu, en route, Int, come along!.Traveler
N traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter, tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club, peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler, bird of passage, gadabout, gadling, vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling, loafer, tramp, tramper, vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer, peripatetic, somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee, beach comber, booly, globegirdler, globetrotter, vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep walker, noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman, trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro, runner, courier, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, comet, pedestrian, walker, foot passenger, cyclist, wheelman, rider, horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker, driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman, cabman, cabdriver, voiturier, vetturino, condottiere, engine driver, stoker, fireman, guard, chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman, on the road.
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