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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a person who walks from place to place;

2. a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism;
[syn: Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Peripatetic]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy;
- Example: "Aristotelean logic"
[syn: Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Aristotelic, peripatetic]

2. traveling especially on foot;
- Example: "peripatetic country preachers"
- Example: "a poor wayfaring stranger"
[syn: peripatetic, wayfaring]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peripatetic \Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, a. [L. peripateticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to walk about; peri` about + ? to walk: cf. F. p['e]ripat['e]tique.] 1. Walking about; itinerant. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Peripatetic \Per`i*pa*tet"ic\, n. 1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. --Tatler. [1913 Webster] 2. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

peripatetic adj 1: of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy; "Aristotelean logic" [syn: Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Aristotelic, peripatetic] 2: traveling especially on foot; "peripatetic country preachers"; "a poor wayfaring stranger" [syn: peripatetic, wayfaring] n 1: a person who walks from place to place 2: a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism [syn: Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Peripatetic]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

83 Moby Thesaurus words for "peripatetic": Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, ambulant, ambulative, ambulator, ambulatory, backpacker, bird of passage, circuit-riding, drifter, expeditionary, floater, foot passenger, foot soldier, foot traveler, footslogger, gad, gadabout, globe-girdling, globe-trotting, go-about, going, hiker, hitchhiker, hoofer, infantryman, itinerant, itinerary, jaywalker, journeying, locomotive, marcher, mover, moving, mundivagant, nomadic, on tour, paddlefoot, passing, pedestrian, perambulating, perambulatory, peregrinative, peregrinator, peregrine, pilgrimlike, progressing, rambler, roamer, rolling stone, rover, roving, runabout, straggler, stroller, strolling, strolling player, touring, touristic, touristy, trailsman, tramper, traveling, trekking, troubadour, vagabond, vagrant, visitant, walker, walking, walkist, wanderer, wandering, wandering minstrel, wandering scholar, wayfaring
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

PERIPATETIC, adj. Walking about. Relating to the philosophy of Aristotle, who, while expounding it, moved from place to place in order to avoid his pupil's objections. A needless precaution -- they knew no more of the matter than he.