Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Peripatetic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peripatetic
adj : traveling especially on foot; "peripatetic country
preachers"; "a poor wayfaring stranger" [syn: {wayfaring}]
n 1: a person who walks from place to place [syn: {itinerant}]
2: a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
[syn: {Aristotelian}, {Aristotelean}, {Peripatetic}]
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