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Webster 1913 Edition

Peripatetic

Perˊi-pa-tet′ic

,
Adj.
[L.
peripateticus
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to walk about;
περί
about + [GREEK] to walk: cf. F.
péripatétique
.]
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.

Perˊi-pa-tet′ic

,
Noun.
1.
One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
Tatler.
2.
A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.

Webster 1828 Edition

Peripatetic

PERIPATET'IC

,
Adj.
[Gr. to walk about.] Pertaining to Aristotle's system of philosophy, or to the sect of his followers.

PERIPATET'IC

,
Noun.
A follower of Aristotle, so called because the founders of his philosophy taught, or his followers disputed questions, walking in the Lyceum at Athens.
1.
It is ludicrously applied to one who is obliged to walk, or cannot afford to ride.

Definition 2024

Peripatetic

Peripatetic

See also: peripatetic

English

Noun

Peripatetic ‎(plural Peripatetics)

  1. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
    • 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, p. A5(r):
      And though it be True indeed, that some Aristotelians have occasionally written against the Chymical Doctrine he Oppugnes, yet since they have done it according to their Principles, And since our Carneades must as well oppose their Hypothesis as that of the Spagyrist, he was fain to fight his Adverfaries with their own Weapons, Those of the Peripatetick being Improper, if not hurtfull for a Person of his Tenents ; besides that those Aristotelians, (at Least, those he met with,) that have written against the Chymists, seem to have had so little Experimental Knowledge in Chymical Matters, that by their frequent Mistakes and unskilfull way of Oppugning, they have too often expos'd Themselves to the Derision of their Adversaries, for writing so Confidently against what they appear so little to understand.

Synonyms

Adjective

Peripatetic ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the philosophy or methods of Aristotle, or to his followers.

Alternative forms

  • Peripatetick

Anagrams

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See also: Peripatetic

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

peripatetic ‎(comparative more peripatetic, superlative most peripatetic)

  1. Tending to walk about.
  2. Constantly travelling; itinerant; nomadic.
  3. (usually capitalized) Having to do with Aristotle, his philosophy, or the school of thought which he founded.
    • Howell
      The true peripatetic school.

Translations

Noun

peripatetic ‎(plural peripatetics)

  1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
  2. (usually capitalized) One who accepts the philosophy of Aristotle or his school; an Aristotelian.
    • 1961, Albert Upton, Design for Thinking: A First Book in Semantics, 11:
      He who would think clearly must think like a peripatetic even if he is unwilling to walk like one.

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Etymology

From Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περίπατος ‎(perípatos, “strolling, covered walk, conversation while walking”), from περιπατέω ‎(peripatéō, “I walk around”), from περί ‎(perí, “around”) + πατέω ‎(patéō, “I walk”). Aristotle’s school was sometimes called the περιπατητικοί ‎(peripatētikoí) "those who are prone to walking" or οἱ ἐκ τοῦ περιπάτου ‎(hoi ek toû peripátou, “those from the walk”) in reference either to his supposed habit of teaching while traversing the περίπατοι ‎(perípatoi, “walkways”) of the Lyceum or simply to the walkways themselves with which the school became associated.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

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