[peri.pa.tet.ic] n (15c) 1 cap: a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism
2: pedestrian, itinerant 3 pl: movement or journeys hither and thither
[2]peripatetic adj [MF & L; MF peripatetique, fr. L peripateticus, fr. Gk peripatetikos, fr. peripatein to walk up and down, discourse while pacing (as did Aristotle), fr. peri- + patein to tread; akin to Skt patha path--more at find] (1566) 1 cap: aristotelian
2. a: of, relating to, or given to walking b: moving or traveling from place to place: itinerant -- peri.pa.tet.i.cal.ly adv -- Peri.pa.tet.i.cism n