I. ˌperəpəˈted.]ik, -et], ]ēk noun
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Etymology: Middle English perypatetik, from Latin peripateticus, from peripateticus, adjective
1. usually capitalized : a follower of the philosophy of Aristotle : aristotelian
2. : pedestrian , itinerant
3. peripatetics plural : movements or journeyings hither and thither
the kind of mixed bag of travelogues and peripatetics to which publishers accustomed us — Maurice Richardson
II. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
1. usually capitalized
[Middle French & Latin; Middle French peripatetique, from Latin peripateticus, from Greek peripatētikos, irregular from peripatos place for walking, covered walk in the Lyceum where Aristotle taught — more at peripatus ]
: of or relating to the philosophy of Aristotle or of his followers : aristotelian
2.
[Greek peripatētikos, from peripatein to walk around, from peri- + patein to walk; akin to Greek patos path — more at find \]
: of or relating to walking or moving from place to place : performed or performing while moving about : itinerant
peripatetic habits
peripatetic teaching
a peripatetic fruit stand which he pushed about on a cart — W.D.Howells
his camera is never aimlessly peripatetic — Arthur Knight
peripatetic candidates