Peripatetic

Definitions: Peripatetic

Peripatetic

Adjective

1. Traveling especially on foot; "peripatetic country preachers"; "a poor wayfaring stranger".

Noun

1. A person who walks from place to place.

2. A follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism.

Date "peripatetic" was first used: sometime in the early 15th century. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Satire	PERIPATETIC, adj. Walking about. Relating to the philosophy of Aristotle, who, while expounding it, moved from place to place in order to avoid his pupil's objections. A needless precaution -- they knew no more of the matter than he. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Peripatetic

Synonyms: wayfaring (adj), itinerant (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Journey	Adjective: traveling; Verb: ambulatory, itinerant, peripatetic, roving, rambling, gadding, discursive, vagrant, migratory, monadic; circumforanean, circumforaneous; noctivagrant, mundivagrant; locomotive.
Traveler	Tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club; peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler; bird of passage; gadabout, gadling; vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling; loafer; tramp, tramper; vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer; peripatetic; somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee; beach comber, booly; globegirdler, globetrotter; vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep walker; noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman; trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Peripatetic

English words defined with "peripatetic": Averroist ♦ Peripatecian, Peripatetical, Peripateticism, Philosophy of the Lyceum. (references)

Specialty definitions using "peripatetic": Peripatetic, Philosophers. (references)

Etymologies containing "peripatetic": Peripatetical. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Peripatetic" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (peripatetic, peripatetically).

Domain	Title
Books	Allyn Young: The Peripatetic Economist (Studies in the History of Economics) (reference) From asininity to assassination : a biography about a peripatetic presidential candidate (reference) Malcolm Forbes: Peripatetic Millionaire (reference) Mr. Yowder, the Peripatetic Sign Painter: Three Tall Tales (reference) Peripatetic Saying: The Problem of the Thrice-Told Tale in Talmudic Literature (reference) (more book examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The Peripatetic Dentist.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Author	Quotation
W. Nevins	Genuine benevolence is not stationary, but peripatetic; it goes about doing good.
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"Peripatetic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.08% of the time. "Peripatetic" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	95.08%	58	44,427
Noun (singular)	3.28%	2	245,945
Noun (proper)	1.64%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	61	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "peripatetic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		peripatetik, shëtitës (ambulant, ambulatory, itinerant, rambler, Ranger, rangy, stroller, strolling, traveling, travelling, walking), lëvizës (ambulatory, going, live, locomotive, mobile, motional, motive, motor, movable, moving, propellent, traveling, travelling). (various references)

Arabic		‏مومس تتجول على الرصيف, ‏متنقل من مكان لآخر, ‏متجول (busk, gadabout, itinerant, roving, tinker, traveling, travelling, wandering), ‏مشائي, ‏الأرسطوطاليسي, ‏رصيفية. (various references)

Bulgarian		странствуващ (ambulatory, errant, itinerant, planetary, runabout, strolling, traveling, travelling, vagrant, wandering), странник (pilgrim, stranger, unco, wanderer), аристотелевски, амбулантен търговец (bagman, cheap jack, packman, peddler, pedlar, pushcart man, vender, vendor), пътник (fare, occupant, passenger, pilgrim, rider, traveler, traveller, wayfarer), последовател на аристотел (aristotelian), перипатетически, пешеходец (foot passenger, footslogger, goer, pedestrian, wayfarer). (various references)

Farsi		پیاده رو (Pavement, Sidewalk, Walk), گردش کننده (Walk), وابسته به فلسفه ارسطو, سالک (Gradient), راه رونده (Walk), دوره گرد (Badger, Caird, Huckster, Itinerant). (various references)

French		péripatétique, ambulant. (various references)

German		peripatetisch. (various references)

Greek		περιπατητικόσ (ambulatory, perambulatory), περιφερόμενοσ (cadge), πλανόδιοσ (errant, erratic, itinerant). (various references)

Hebrew		מת�"לך ממקום למקום. (various references)

Hungarian		vándorárus (chapman), házaló (Battler, Hawker, huckster, peddler, peddling, pedlar). (various references)

Italian		peripatetico. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		逍遥学派 (Peripatetic school). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しょうようがくは (Peripatetic school). (various references)

Manx		shooyllagh (roaming, stroller, vagrant, walking). (various references)

Pig Latin		eripateticpay

Portuguese		peripatético, periostite (periostitis), vendedor ambulante (cadger, chapman, colporteur, haberdasher, hawk, hawker, hawk-eyed, huckster, pack saddle, peddlar, peddler, pedlar, pedlary, Tranter), aristotélico (aristotelian), ambulante (ambulant, ambulatory, itinerary, moving, strolling, traveling, travelling, walking, wandering). (various references)

Romanian		peripatetician, peripatetic (peripatetically), cãlãtor (excursionist, fare, fleeting, goer, itinerant, passenger, peregrine, pilgrim, rider, roaming, short lived, tourist, transitory, traveller, travelling, vagrant, visitor, voyager, wayfarer, wayfaring man). (various references)

Russian		странствующий (ambulatory, errant, wandering, wayfaring). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		peripatetik, peripatetički, aristotelovski, aristotelov učenik. (various references)

Spanish		peripatético, itinerante (itinerant, roving ambassador), ambulante (ambulant, itinerant, traveling, travelling, walking, wandering). (various references)

Swedish		peripatetisk, peripatetiker, kringvandrande (errant, itinerant, vagrant, wandering), fotgängare (foot passenger, foot slogger, pedestrian, pedestrians). (various references)

Turkish		gezimciliğe ait, gezginci (rover, roving, stroller, wanderer), fazla ayrıntılı. (various references)

Ukranian		мандрівник (explorer, nomad, pilgrim, traveller, vagrant, voyager, wanderer, wayfarer), мандрівний (arrant, errant, itinerant, itinerary, migrant, migratory, nomad, nomadic, wandering), арістотелівський, перипатетик. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	peripatetikos. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	peripateticus. (various references)
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "peripatetic": peripatetically, peripatetics. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Peripatetic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: paripatetic, perapatetic, peripatatic, peripatetics, peripathetic, peripatitic, peripeteia, peripetetic, peroipatetic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "peripatetic" (pronounced pe'rupute"tik)
6	-u t e" t i k	dietetic.
4	-e" t i k	acetic, aesthetic, alphabetic, anesthetic, apathetic, apologetic, arithmetic, ascetic, athletic, cosmetic, diabetic, diamagnetic, diuretic, electromagnetic, emetic, empathetic, energetic, epigenetic, ferromagnetic, frenetic, genetic, geomagnetic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, kinesthetic, kinetic, magnetic, paramagnetic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, phonetic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, sympathetic, synthetic, unapologetic, unsympathetic.
3	-t i k	acoustic, acrobatic, aerobatic, agnostic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apocalyptic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, aromatic, arthritic, artistic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, atavistic, atheistic, attic, authentic, autistic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, ballistic, bombastic, bureaucratic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, charismatic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, coloristic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diagnostic, diagrammatic, dialectic, didactic, diplomatic, dogmatic, domestic, dramatic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, elastic, electrolytic, electrostatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, enthusiastic, enzymatic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fanatic, fantastic, fatalistic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, futuristic, galactic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homeostatic, humanistic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, lymphatic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mathematic, mechanistic, melodramatic, militaristic, monastic, monochromatic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, numismatic, oligopolistic, onomastic, operatic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pancreatic, pantheistic, paralytic, parasitic, paternalistic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, pessimistic, phosphatic, plastic, pluralistic, pneumatic, polytheistic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, primitivistic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, propagandistic, prophylactic, prostatic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, rheumatic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, schematic, scholastic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, static, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, symptomatic, synergistic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, terroristic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, voyeuristic.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: precipitate.
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-i-p-p-r-t-t"
	-2 letters: crepitate.
	-3 letters: appetite, praecipe.
	-4 letters: ariette, cattier, citrate, crappie, epeiric, epicarp, iterate, paretic, partite, peatier, pectate, percept, periapt, pettier, picrate, picrite, pipette, piratic, precept, precipe, pretape, priapic, receipt, tipcart, tippier, trippet.
	-5 letters: apiece, attire, capper, carpet, cattie, cerate, cerite, create, ecarte, iatric, pattee, patter, pattie, peptic, pereia, petite, petter, piecer, pierce, pipier, pirate, pitier.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-i-p-p-r-t-t"
	+1 letter: peripatetics, precipitated, precipitates.
	+2 letters: precipitately, precipitative.
	+4 letters: peripatetically, precipitantness, precipitateness.
	+5 letters: pithecanthropine.
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