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ˌpɛrɪpəˈtɛtɪk/
adj.
- travelling from place to place.
▸working or based in a succession of places each for a short period.
▸(of a teacher) working in more than one school or college.
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(Peripatetic)
Aristotelian.
[with ref. to Aristotle's practice of walking to and fro while teaching.]
n.
- a peripatetic teacher.
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(Peripatetic)
an Aristotelian philosopher.
Derivative
- peripatetically adv.
- peripateticism n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. peripatetique, via L. from Gk peripatētikos ‘walking up and down’.
