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peripatetic
/ˌpɛɹ.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/
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What does peripatetic mean?
adjective
- Tending to walk about.
- Constantly travelling.
- Alternative letter-case form of Peripatetic.
More meanings (4)
noun
- One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
- Alternative letter-case form of Peripatetic (“Aristotelian”).
- (historical) A disciple of Aristotle.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the philosophy or methods of Aristotle, or to his followers.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌpɛɹ.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/
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See this word in context.
The Peripatetic sage does not exempt himself totally from perturbations of mind, but he moderates them.
She had sometimes taken pupils in a peripatetic fashion, making them follow her about in the kitchen with their book or slate.
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The mind shrinks in dismay at the appalling revelations, and shudders at the possibly of the "human form divine" becoming such a peripatetic charnel house.
The peripatetic nature of their calling, and their duty of tending the sick, compelled many friars to learn foreign languages, and to acquire some medical knowledge.
I have here instanced in the case of the peripatetic: but of how many classes and occupations of human life may not the same thing be affirmed?