peripatetic
See also: Peripatetic
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- peripatetick (obsolete)
- Peripatetic (Aristotelian)
Etymology edit
From French péripatétique, from Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περιπατητικός (peripatētikós, “given to walking around”), from περιπατέω (peripatéō, “I walk around”), from περί (perí, “around”) (English peri-)+ πατέω (patéō, “I walk”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˌpɛɹ.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/, /ˌpɛɹ.ə.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Adjective edit
peripatetic (comparative more peripatetic, superlative most peripatetic)
- Tending to walk about.
- Constantly travelling.
- 2014 March 9, Elizabeth Day, “Is the LRB the best magazine in the world?”, in The Observer[1]:
- After peripatetic upbringing that took her from America to Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium and England, [Mary-Kay] Wilmers read French and Russian at Oxford.
- (philosophy, usually capitalized) Alternative letter-case form of Peripatetic
- 1642, James Howell, Instructions For Foreign Travel:
- The true peripatetic school.
Translations edit
walking about; itinerant
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constantly traveling
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Having to do with Aristotle's philosophy or school of thought
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Noun edit
peripatetic (plural peripatetics)
- One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
- Synonyms: wayfarer, itinerant, pedestrian, nomad
- (philosophy, usually capitalized) Alternative letter-case form of Peripatetic (“Aristotelian”)
- 1961, Albert Upton, Design for Thinking: A First Book in Semantics, section 11:
- He who would think clearly must think like a peripatetic even if he is unwilling to walk like one.
Translations edit
one who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant
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Aristotelian — see Aristotelian
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French péripatétique.
Adjective edit
peripatetic m or n (feminine singular peripatetică, masculine plural peripatetici, feminine and neuter plural peripatetice)
Declension edit
Declension of peripatetic
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | peripatetic | peripatetică | peripatetici | peripatetice | ||
definite | peripateticul | peripatetica | peripateticii | peripateticele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | peripatetic | peripatetice | peripatetici | peripatetice | ||
definite | peripateticului | peripateticei | peripateticilor | peripateticelor |