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Peripatetic

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Noun

1. peripatetic

a person who walks from place to place

2. aristotelean, aristotelian, peripatetic

a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism

Adjective

3. aristotelean, aristotelian, aristotelic, peripatetic

of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy

Example Sentences:
'Aristotelean logic'

4. peripatetic, wayfaring

traveling especially on foot

Example Sentences:
'peripatetic country preachers'
'a poor wayfaring stranger'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Peripatetic

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adjective
1. 
itinerant
2. British
employed in two or more educational establishments and travelling from one to another
a peripatetic football coach
noun
3. 
a peripatetic person
adjective
1. 
of or relating to the teachings of Aristotle, who used to teach philosophy while walking about the Lyceum in ancient Athens
noun
2. 
a student of Aristotelianism

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Peripatetic

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adjective
1.  [P-]
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
noun
3.  [P-]
a follower of Aristotle
4. 
a person who walks from place to place

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Peripatetic

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adj.
1. Walking about or from place to place; traveling on foot.
2. Peripatetic Of or relating to the philosophy or teaching methods of Aristotle, who conducted discussions while walking about in the Lyceum of ancient Athens.
n.
1. One who walks from place to place; an itinerant.
2. Peripatetic A follower of the philosophy of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.

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