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peripatetic
[ per-uh-puh-tet-ik ]
adjective
- walking or traveling about; itinerant.
Synonyms: , ,
- (initial capital letter) of or relating to Aristotle, who taught philosophy while walking in the Lyceum of ancient Athens.
- (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Aristotelian school of philosophy.
noun
- a person who walks or travels about.
- (initial capital letter) a member of the Aristotelian school.
Peripatetic
1/ ˌɛɪəˈɛɪ /
adjective
- of or relating to the teachings of Aristotle, who used to teach philosophy while walking about the Lyceum in ancient Athens
noun
- a student of Aristotelianism
peripatetic
2/ ˌɛɪəˈɛɪ /
adjective
- itinerant
- employed in two or more educational establishments and travelling from one to another
a peripatetic football coach
noun
- a peripatetic person
Derived Forms
- ˌ貹ˈٱپ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- i·貹·ٱi·· adverb
- ··貹·ٱ·· [per-, uh, -p, uh, -, tet, -, uh, -siz-, uh, m], noun
yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Where “Doc” takes place on the quieter floors of a big city hospital, “The Pitt” — shot with peripatetic handheld cameras — is set in its noisiest part, the emergency room.
For many athletes retirement means the end of a career; for the peripatetic Donovan, it’s become an opportunity to try out a whole bunch of new ones.
But Horn, 68, an intellectually peripatetic Conceptualist, has an innate confidence, which may stem from the fact that she does not feel she fits in anywhere, personally or professionally, and never has.
The release finds the singer a lifetime away from her peripatetic origins.
Mr. Serra said his work required a lot of “walking and looking,” or “peripatetic perception.”
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