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peripateticism

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per⋅i⋅pa⋅tet⋅ic

  [per-uh-puh-tet-ik]
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–adjective
1. walking or traveling about; itinerant.
2. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to Aristotle, who taught philosophy while walking in the Lyceum of ancient Athens.
3. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Aristotelian school of philosophy.
–noun
4. a person who walks or travels about.
5. (initial capital letter) a member of the Aristotelian school.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L peripatēticus < Gk peripatētikós of Aristotle and his school, lit., walking about, equiv. to peripatē- (verbid s. of peripateîn to walk about, equiv. to peri- peri- + pateîn to walk; akin to path ) + -tikos -tic

Related forms:
per⋅i⋅pa⋅tet⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
per⋅i⋅pa⋅tet⋅i⋅cism  [per-uh-puh-tet-uh-siz-uhm] , noun

Synonyms:
1. wandering, roving; vagrant.
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Word Origin & History

peripatetic 
c.1400, n., "disciple of Aristotle," from O.Fr. perypatetique (14c.), from L. peripateticus "pertaining to the disciples or philosophy of Aristotle," from Gk. peripatetikos "given to walking about" (especially while teaching), from peripatein, from peri- "around" + patein "to walk." Aristotle's custom was to teach while strolling through the Lyceum in Athens. In Eng., the philosophical meaning is older than that of "person who wanders about" (1617). As an adj., attested in Eng. 1566 in the philosophical sense, 1642 in the lit. sense.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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