Crossword clues for peripatetic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Peripatetic \Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, n.
One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
--Tatler.A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
Peripatetic \Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, a. [L. peripateticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to walk about; ? about + ? to walk: cf. F. p['e]ripat['e]tique.]
Walking about; itinerant.
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, "disciple of Aristotle," from Old French perypatetique (14c.), from Latin peripateticus "pertaining to the disciples or philosophy of Aristotle," from Greek peripatetikos "given to walking about" (especially while teaching), from peripatein "walk up and down, walk about," from peri- "around" (see peri-) + patein "to walk, tread" (see find (v.)). Aristotle's custom was to teach while strolling through the Lyceum in Athens. In English, the philosophical meaning is older than that of "person who wanders about" (1610s).
1560s in the philosophical sense, 1640s in the literal sense; see peripatetic (n.).
Wiktionary
a. 1 Tending to walk about. 2 Constantly travelling; itinerant; nomadic. 3 (context usually capitalized English) Having to do with Aristotle, his philosophy, or the school of thought which he founded. n. 1 One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. 2 (context usually capitalized English) One who accepts the philosophy of Aristotle or his school; an Aristotelian.
WordNet
adj. traveling especially on foot; "peripatetic country preachers"; "a poor wayfaring stranger" [syn: wayfaring]
n. a person who walks from place to place
a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism [syn: Aristotelian, Aristotelean]
Wikipedia
Peripatetic may refer to:
- Peripatetic school, a school of philosophy in Ancient Greece
- Peripatetic axiom
- Nomad#Peripatetic minorities, a member of a community of people who move from one place to another
- Peripatetic Jats
Usage examples of "peripatetic".
Also, the more important the topic, the more peripatetic he always became, and now he paced from window to bookcase to galley kitchen, crunching kibble underneath.
Here was corroboration of his belief that the world was rotten and man a peripatetic evil.
My order requires that a peripatetic appreciate all he or she sees, on any Phylum world.
From contextual data, I must conclude that my peripatetic envoy has been kidnapped.
Until, she noted, his lander departed the peripatetic vessel to alight at Caria Spaceport.
Teeth, during Farsun Week, reached a climax today when the Planetary Prosecutor presented charges against fourteen individuals allegedly responsible for the abduction of Renna Aarons, Peripatetic Emissary from the Hominid Phylum.
Platonists, with blind devotion, adored the visions and errors of their divine master, their enthusiasm might correct the dry, dogmatic method of the Peripatetic school.
Kate Ellis and Jake Huey for enduring my absence and peripatetic schedule without complaint.
In what seems an act of misguided mercy, the names of the peripatetic lawmakers were deliberately withheld from the report.
She pointed out to this woman that not only did the condition of the flags make the store look scruffy but they were risking offending wealthy Zairean shoppers by the state of their flag and they also risked annoying peripatetic Ukrainians, whose beloved national standard, symbol of freedom, icon of the throwing off of a thousand years of Russian imperialism, was flying upside down.
A reporter made contact with her stepsister and learned that she had led a peripatetic life, with Colin often changing jobs.
From long habit, thus can peripatetic leading ladies and their sisters make themselves as comfort.
Furthermore, owing to the peripatetic nature of the continent of Capricorn there were no easily ascertainable seasons of climatic inclemency.
Swedish friend, the peripatetic Birger Dahlerus, who had flown to London from Berlin with a message for the British government from the Luftwaffe chief on the previous day.
Vulcan by that strange peripatetic species called the Preservers, perhaps not.