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In some senses, peripatetic is marked as historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
true
VERB + PERIPATETIC
like, think
PERIPATETIC + NOUN
philosopher, school
PREP.
after
adj
Tending to walk about.
Constantly travelling.
After peripatetic upbringing that took her from America to Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium and England, [Mary-Kay] Wilmers read French and Russian at Oxford.
Alternative letter-case form of Peripatetic.
The true peripatetic school.
Demetreius of Phalerum, a peripatetic philosopher of the fourth century B.C., wrote an amatory treatise entitled Eroticus - no longer, however, extant.
noun
One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
Alternative letter-case form of Peripatetic (“Aristotelian”).
He who would think clearly must think like a peripatetic even if he is unwilling to walk like one.
noun
A disciple of Aristotle.
And though it be True indeed, that some Aristotelians have occasionally written against the Chymical Doctrine he Oppugnes, yet since they have done it according to their Principles, And since our Carneades must as well oppose their Hypothesis as that of the Spagyrist, he was fain to fight his Adverfaries with their own Weapons, Those of the Peripatetick being Improper, if not hurtfull for a Person of his Tenents ; besides that those Aristotelians, (at Least, those he met with,) that have written against the Chymists, seem to have had so little Experimental Knowledge in Chymical Matters, that by their frequent Mistakes and unskilfull way of Oppugning, they have too often expos'd Themselves to the Derision of their Adversaries, for writing so Confidently against what they appear so little to understand.
noun — a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
adjective — traveling especially on foot
adjective — of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy
After peripatetic upbringing that took her from America to Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium and England, [Mary-Kay] Wilmers read French and Russian at Oxford.
WiktionaryThe true peripatetic school.
WiktionaryDemetreius of Phalerum, a peripatetic philosopher of the fourth century B.C., wrote an amatory treatise entitled Eroticus - no longer, however, extant.
WiktionaryHe who would think clearly must think like a peripatetic even if he is unwilling to walk like one.
WiktionaryAnd though it be True indeed, that some Aristotelians have occasionally written against the Chymical Doctrine he Oppugnes, yet since they have done it according to their Principles, And since our Carn
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In some senses, peripatetic is marked as historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.