Peripatetic
Definition
Adjective
1. Given to walking about, especially on foot.
2. Constantly traveling.
3. Having to do with Aristotle, who walked about as he taught, or his philosophy.
The peripatetic journalist was in London last week and arrived in Dallas today.
Noun
1. One who walks or travels about
2. A person who walks from place to place
3. A follower of Aristotle.
Word Origin
Borrowed from the French péripatétique.
Latin peripatēticus < Greek peripatētikόs (given to walk around)
>Greek perί (around) + patéō (I walk)
Synonyms
itinerant, nomadic,
