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peripatetic |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peripatetic \Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, a. [L. peripateticus Gr ?, fr ? to walk about ? about + ? to walk: cf F. p['e]ripat['e]tique.] 1. Walking about itinerant. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peripatetic \Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, n. 1. One who walks about a pedestrian; an itinerant. --Tatler. 2. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: peripatetic adj : traveling especially on foot; "peripatetic country preachers"; "a poor wayfaring stranger" [syn: {wayfaring}] n : a person who walks from place to place [syn: {itinerant}] 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
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