peripatetic

See also: Peripatetic

English

WOTD – 18 January 2008

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˌpɛɹ.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/, /ˌpɛɹ.ə.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

peripatetic (comparative more peripatetic, superlative most peripatetic)

  1. Tending to walk about.
  2. Constantly travelling.
    Synonyms: itinerant, nomadic
    • 2014 March 9, Elizabeth Day, “Is the LRB the best magazine in the world?”, in The Observer:
      After peripatetic upbringing that took her from America to Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium and England, [Mary-Kay] Wilmers read French and Russian at Oxford.
  3. (philosophy, usually capitalized) Alternative letter-case form of Peripatetic
    • 1642, James Howell, Instructions For Foreign Travel:
      The true peripatetic school.

Translations

Noun

peripatetic (plural peripatetics)

  1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
    Synonyms: wayfarer, itinerant, pedestrian, nomad
  2. (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.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French péripatétique.

Adjective

peripatetic m or n (feminine singular peripatetică, masculine plural peripatetici, feminine and neuter plural peripatetice)

  1. peripatetic

Declension

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