Peripatetic
[,perɪpə'tetɪk] or [,pɛrɪpə'tɛtɪk]
Definition
(noun.) a person who walks from place to place.
(adj.) traveling especially on foot; 'peripatetic country preachers'; 'a poor wayfaring stranger' .
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Definition
(a.) Walking about; itinerant.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers.
(n.) One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
(n.) A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Aristotelian, of Aristotle.
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Definition
adj. walking about: of or pertaining to the philosophy of Aristotle who taught while walking up and down in the Lyceum at Athens.—n. Peripatet′ic an adherent of the philosophy of Aristotle: one accustomed or obliged to walk: (pl.) instruction by lectures.—n. Peripatet′icism the philosophy of Aristotle.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
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.
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Examples
- As its name implies, it was dedicated to the service of the Muses, which was also the case with the Peripatetic school at Athens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His pupil and lifelong friend, and successor as leader o f the Peripatetic school of philosophy, Theophrastus, combined a knowledge of mathematics, astronomy, botany, and mineralogy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She had sometimes taken pupils in a peripatetic fashion, making them follow her about in the kitchen with their book or slate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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