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The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is peripatetic
| source : web1913 |
Peripatetic \Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, a. [L. peripateticus, Gr. ?, fr.
? to walk about; ? about + ? to walk: cf. F.
p['e]ripat['e]tique.]
1. Walking about; itinerant.
2. Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle
(who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at
Athens), or to his followers. ``The true peripatetic
school.'' --Howell.
| source : web1913 |
Peripatetic \Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, n.
1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. --Tatler.
2. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
| source : wn |
peripatetic
adj : traveling especially on foot; "peripatetic country
preachers"; "a poor wayfaring stranger" [syn: {wayfaring}]
n : a person who walks from place to place [syn: {itinerant}]
| source : devils |
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.