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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread A Word for Saturday #75238 07/06/2002 3:15 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: A Word for Saturday #75239 07/06/2002 4:23 PM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 9 armor stranger armor stranger Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 9 Could we add one letter and coin "peripatHetic"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: A Word for Saturday #75240 07/06/2002 4:35 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 We will continue to be surrounded by "pathos" until Keiva goes away for good, and the oldtimers come back. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,374 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 15 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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