peripatetic

• peripatetick (obsolete)
• Peripatetic (Aristotelian)

From French péripatétique, from Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περιπατητικός (peripatētikós, “given to walking around”), from περιπατέω (peripatéō, “I walk around”), from περί (perí, “around”) (English peri-)+ πατέω (patéō, “I walk”).

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹ.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/, /ˌpɛɹ.ə.pəˈtɛt.ɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

peripatetic (comparative more peripatetic, superlative most peripatetic)

1. Tending to walk about.
2. Constantly travelling; itinerant; nomadic.
3. (usually capitalized) Having to do with Aristotle, his philosophy, or the school of thought which he founded -- from the practice of conducting philosophical conversations while taking a walk.
   • Howell

     The true peripatetic school.

peripatetic (plural peripatetics)

1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
2. (usually capitalized) One who accepts the philosophy of Aristotle or his school; an Aristotelian.
   • 1961, Albert Upton, Design for Thinking: A First Book in Semantics, 11:

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

• (one who walks): wayfarer, itinerant, pedestrian, nomad

• precipitate