A Word for Saturday - 07/06/02 03:15 PM
This word was used by Capital Kiwi last January, but without definition
The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
peripatetic
SYLLABICATION:
perˇiˇpaˇtetˇic
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.
The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
peripatetic
SYLLABICATION:
perˇiˇpaˇtetˇic
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.