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peripatetically

Variant of peripatetic

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

Origin: 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

Origin: ME parypatetik

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