From French péripatétique, from Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περιπατητικός, from περιπατέω ("I walk around"), from περί ("around") (English peri-)+ πατέω ("I walk").

• (RP, America) IPA: /ˌpɛɹ.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/, /ˌpɛɹ.ə.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/

peripatetic

1. Tending to walk about.
2. Constantly travelling.

   Synonyms: itinerant, nomadic

3. (philosophy, usually, capitalized) Alternative case form of Peripatetic
   • 1642, James Howell, Instructions For Foreign Travel:

     The true peripatetic school.

• French: péripatétique, nomade, itinérant
• German: umherziehend
• Portuguese: itinerante, nômade
• Spanish: peripatético, andariego, errante, errabundo, itinerante

• Russian: стра́нствующий

• French: péripatétique, péripatéticien
• Spanish: peripatético

peripatetic (plural peripatetics)

1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.

   Synonyms: wayfarer, itinerant, pedestrian, nomad

2. (philosophy, usually, capitalized) Alternative case form of Peripatetic
   • 1961, Albert Upton, Design for Thinking: A First Book in Semantics, section 11:

     He who would think clearly must think like a peripatetic even if he is unwilling to walk like one.

From Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περίπατος, from περιπατέω ("I walk around"), from περί ("around") + πατέω ("I walk").

peripatetic (plural peripatetics)

1. (historical) A disciple of Aristotle.

   Synonyms: Aristotelian

   • 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, p. A5(r):

     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.

peripatetic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the philosophy or methods of Aristotle, or to his followers.

   Synonyms: Aristotelian