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This word was used by Capital Kiwi last January, but without definition
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
peripatetic
SYLLABICATION:
per·i·pa·tet·ic
PRONUNCIATION:
pr-p-ttk
ADJECTIVE:
1. Walking about or from place to place; traveling on foot. 2. Peripatetic Of
or relating to the philosophy or teaching methods of Aristotle, who conducted
discussions while walking about in the Lyceum of ancient Athens.
NOUN:
1. One who walks from place to place; an itinerant. 2. Peripatetic A follower
of the philosophy of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English peripatetik, from Latin peripatticus, from Greek
peripattikos, from peripatein, to walk about, or from peripatos, covered
walk (where Aristotle allegedly lectured) : peri-, peri- + patein, to walk; see
pent- in Appendix I.
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stranger
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stranger
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Could we add one letter and coin "peripatHetic"?
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We will continue to be surrounded by "pathos" until Keiva goes away for good, and
the oldtimers come back.
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