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peripatetic definition

peri·pa·tetic (per′i pə tetik)

adjective

  1. of the philosophy or the followers of Aristotle, who walked about in the Lyceum while he was teaching
  2. walking or moving about; not staying in one place; itinerant

Etymology: Fr péripatétique < L peripateticus < Gr peripatētikos < peripatein, to walk about < peri-, around + patein, to walk < IE base *pent-, to step, go > find

noun

  1. a follower of Aristotle
  2. a person who walks from place to place

Etymology: ME parypatetik

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