Peripatetic

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peripatetic \Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, a. [L. peripateticus, Gr. ?, fr.
     ? to walk about; peri` about + ? to walk: cf. F.
     p['e]ripat['e]tique.]
     1. Walking about; itinerant.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peripatetic \Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, n.
     1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. --Tatler.
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     2. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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
       2: a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
          [syn: {Aristotelian}, {Aristotelean}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "peripatetic":
     Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Flying Dutchman, Goliard,
     Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, ambulant, ambulative, ambulator,
     ambulatory, backpacker, bird of passage, circuit-riding, drifter,
     expeditionary, floater, foot passenger, foot soldier,
     foot traveler, footslogger, gad, gadabout, globe-girdling,
     globe-trotting, go-about, going, hiker, hitchhiker, hoofer,
     infantryman, itinerant, itinerary, jaywalker, journeying,
     locomotive, marcher, mover, moving, mundivagant, nomadic, on tour,
     paddlefoot, passing, pedestrian, perambulating, perambulatory,
     peregrinative, peregrinator, peregrine, pilgrimlike, progressing,
     rambler, roamer, rolling stone, rover, roving, runabout, straggler,
     stroller, strolling, strolling player, touring, touristic,
     touristy, trailsman, tramper, traveling, trekking, troubadour,
     vagabond, vagrant, visitant, walker, walking, walkist, wanderer,
     wandering, wandering minstrel, wandering scholar, wayfaring
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [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.