Per`i*pa*tet"ic (?), a. [L. peripateticus, Gr. , fr. to walk about; about + to walk: cf. F. p'eripat'etique.]
1.
Walking about; itinerant.
2.
Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers.
"The true
peripatetic school."
Howell.
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Per`i*pa*tet"ic, n.
1.
One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
Tatler.
2.
A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
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