peripatetic.
Tending to walk about.
Meaning & usage
Tending to walk about.
Constantly travelling.
Alternative letter-case form of Peripatetic.
Where this word comes from
From French péripatétique, from Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περιπατητικός (peripatētikós, “given to walking around”), from περιπατέω (peripatéō, “to walk around”), from περί (perí, “around”) (English peri-)+ πατέω (patéō, “to walk”).
One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
Alternative letter-case form of Peripatetic (“Aristotelian”).
Where this word comes from
From French péripatétique, from Latin peripatēticus, from Ancient Greek περιπατητικός (peripatētikós, “given to walking around”), from περιπατέω (peripatéō, “to walk around”), from περί (perí, “around”) (English peri-)+ πατέω (patéō, “to walk”).
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