Definition of Peripetetic
Per`i*pa*tet"ic (?), a. [L.
peripateticus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to walk about; &?; about + &?;
to walk: cf. F. péripatétique.]
1. Walking about; itinerant.
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.
Per`i*pa*tet"ic, n. 1.
One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
Tatler.
2. A disciple of Aristotle; an
Aristotelian.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
- A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
- Walking about; itinerant.
- 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 Nuttall Encyclopedia
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