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Meaning of "peripatetic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERIPATETIC

From Latin peripatēticus, from Greek peripatētikos, from peripatein to pace to and fro.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PERIPATETIC

peripatetic  [ˌpɛrɪpəˈtɛtɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERIPATETIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peripatetic can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PERIPATETIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of peripatetic in the English dictionary

The first definition of peripatetic in the dictionary is itinerant. Other definition of peripatetic is employed in two or more educational establishments and travelling from one to another. Peripatetic is also a peripatetic person.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERIPATETIC


aesthetic
iːsˈθɛtɪk
apatetic
ˌæpəˈtɛtɪk
asynartetic
əˌsɪnɑːˈtɛtɪk
athletic
æθˈlɛtɪk
cosmetic
kɒzˈmɛtɪk
diabetic
ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk
dietetic
ˌdaɪɪˈtɛtɪk
electromagnetic
ɪˌlɛktrəʊmæɡˈnɛtɪk
energetic
ˌɛnəˈdʒɛtɪk
erotetic
ˌɛrəʊˈtɛtɪk
genetic
dʒɪˈnɛtɪk
kinetic
kɪˈnɛtɪk
magnetic
mæɡˈnɛtɪk
pathetic
pəˈθɛtɪk
poetic
pəʊˈɛtɪk
prophetic
prəˈfɛtɪk
prosthetic
prɒsˈθɛtɪk
sympathetic
ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk
synthetic
sɪnˈθɛtɪk
zetetic
zəˈtɛtɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERIPATETIC

periotic
peripatetical
peripatetically
peripateticism
peripatus
peripeteia
peripeteian
peripetia
peripetian
peripety
peripheral
peripheral device
peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour
peripheral unit
peripheral vision
peripherality
peripherally
peripheric
peripherical
peripheries

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERIPATETIC

acetic
alphabetic
anaesthetic
anesthetic
apologetic
arithmetic
diuretic
electrophoretic
esthetic
Gangetic
hematopoietic
heretic
Ossetic
pathogenetic
pharmacokinetic
photosynthetic
phylogenetic
sovietic
theoretic
unapologetic

Synonyms and antonyms of peripatetic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PERIPATETIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «peripatetic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of peripatetic

Translation of «peripatetic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERIPATETIC

Find out the translation of peripatetic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of peripatetic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peripatetic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

逍遥
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peripatética
570 millions of speakers

English

peripatetic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पथिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متجول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

странствующий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

peripatético
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভবঘুরে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

péripatétique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peripatetic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

peripatetic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

巡回
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

순회
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peripatetic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người bán rong
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

peripatetic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेरिपाटेटिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gezginci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

peripatetico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

objazdowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мандрівний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

peripatetic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιπατητικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

marskramer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ambulerande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

peripatetic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of peripatetic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERIPATETIC»

The term «peripatetic» is normally little used and occupies the 113.221 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERIPATETIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «peripatetic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «peripatetic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peripatetic

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3 QUOTES WITH «PERIPATETIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word peripatetic.
1
Leon Edel
Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler with four eyes.
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Guy Kawasaki
I do have a peripatetic and active intellectual curiosity.
3
Hannah Storm
My father's peripatetic career also gave me critical perspective when it came to my own career choices.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERIPATETIC»

Discover the use of peripatetic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peripatetic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Peripatetic Philosophy, 200 BC to AD 200: An Introduction ...
This book provides a collection of sources, many of them fragmentary and previously scattered and hard to access, for the development of Peripatetic philosophy in the later Hellenistic period and the early Roman Empire.
R. W. Sharples, 2010
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On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics: The Work of Arius Didymus
This edition of volume 1 in the series Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities concerns Hellenistic ethics.
William W. Fortenbaugh
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The Peripatetic Coffin and Other Stories
Alternately funny, menacing, and deeply empathetic, the wildly inventive stories in Ethan Rutherford's The Peripatetic Coffin mark the debut of a powerful new voice in contemporary fiction Worried about waning enrollment, the head counselor ...
Ethan Rutherford, 2013
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Peripatetic Rhetoric After Aristotle
Contributors to this volume include Maroun Aouad, Lucia Calboli Montefusco, Thomas Conley, Tiziano Dorandi, Lawrence D. Green, Doreen C. Innes, George A. Kennedy, Michael Leff, and Eckart Schutrumpf.
William Wall Fortenbaugh, David C. Mirhady
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Influences on Peripatetic Rhetoric: Essays in Honor of ...
Each paper explores the influences on different parts of Peripatetic rhetoric, its discussion of character, emotion, reason, and style, its relationships with other texts, including those of Theodectes and the Rhetorica ad Alexandrum, and ...
David C. Mirhady, 2007
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Customary Strangers: New Perspectives on Peripatetic Peoples ...
Essays on peripatetic peoples that stress their roles as cultural brokers, entrepreneurial middlemen, and traders.
Joseph C. Berland, Aparna Rao, 2004
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Walking in the Wilderness: The Peripatetic Tradition in ...
"This book investigates the adaptation and transformation of the European peripatetic tradition in nineteenth-century America; in particular Henry David Thoreau's literary walks and their visual counterparts in American landscape painting.
Michaela Keck, 2006
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Reason Unbound: On Spiritual Practice in Islamic Peripatetic ...
A critique of the modern receptions of Islamic Peripatetic philosophy and a validation of the importance of Islamic philosophy for modern philosophy
Mohammad Azadpur, 2011
9
The peripatetic astronomer: the life of Charles Piazzi Smyth
Piazzi Smyth's unpublished personal journals, covering the 40 years of his life as Astronomer Royal for Scotland, have formed the basis for this book.
Hermann Alexander Brück, Mary T. Brück, 1988
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The Peripatetic University: Cambridge Local Lectures, 1873-1973
The book will interest social and educational historians and those actively concerned with adult education.
Edwin Welch, 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERIPATETIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peripatetic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why My Grandfather Played the Lottery
What were his business peregrinations and peripatetic wanderings about? When he went into the Red Apple Superette on 87th and West End ... «Forward, Jul 15»
2
Lockhart concludes Brevard season with towering works
The peripatetic conductor will conclude the Brevard Center's 79th season in grand style with two concerts of towering masterworks. «Asheville Citizen-Times, Jul 15»
3
French Baroque review: Acrobatics overshadow Australian …
... involving LeFilliatre and three supporting male voices, accordionist Emily-Rose Sarkova, and the ABO in both static and peripatetic modes. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
4
Will: Clinton's dodginess is overpowering
Do you think “peripatetic” is a synonym for “effective”? You tell readers at a 2009 meeting with Chinese officials you said, “We need to build a ... «LubbockOnline.com, Jul 15»
5
Soapbox opinion - Small but perfectly formed?
Changes in funding for brass teaching (especially to maintain and attract high quality peripatetic staff) have also had an adverse effect. «4barsrest.com, Jul 15»
6
Nine things we learned from Chelsea star Diego Costa's new …
It contains a fascinating portrayal of his early days in rural northeast Brazil, through his transfer to Portugal aged 17 then a peripatetic series of ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
7
Big-man Boone was full of tall tales
Born in 1734, he was a peripatetic type of person for his era. He lived at various times in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia and ... «Florida Today, Jul 15»
8
How Natalie Collette Wood, Program Director of the Bronx …
... Wood, 33, the program director, will continue to share her peripatetic exhibits and mural-making aboard the organization's traveling bus. «New York Times, Jul 15»
9
Interview: Ada Ushpiz
... out of her experiences growing up in Germany, leaving the country during the rise of the Nazi party and subsequently living a peripatetic life across Europe. «Screen International, Jul 15»
10
Festival celebrates Bach's music
Stephen Hammer, the peripatetic oboe and recorder artist from the Hudson River Valley, who has played in at least eight ensembles and ... «The Ellsworth American, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Peripatetic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/peripatetic>. May 2024 ».
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