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Feb 25, 2009
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with Anu Gargperipatetic
PRONUNCIATION:
(per-uh-puh-TET-ik)
MEANING:
adjective:1. Moving or traveling from place to place. 2. Of or related to walking, moving, or traveling. 3. Of or related to Aristotle: his philosophy or his teaching method of conducting discussions while walking about. noun: 1. An itinerant 2. A follower of Aristotle. ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin peripateticus, from Greek peripatetikos, from peripatein (to walk
about, to discourse while pacing as did Aristotle), from peri- (around) +
patein (to walk). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pent- (to tread)
that also gave us words such as English find, Dutch pad (path), Hindi path
(path), French pont (bridge), and Russian sputnik (traveling companion).
USAGE:
"With his back to goal in a crowded space, the peripatetic Frenchman
[Nicolas Anelka] deftly chipped the ball over his shoulder, and into
the net for the equalizer."Rob Hughes; Michel Platini Set to Make Plea to Cut Influence of Money in UEFA; International Herald Tribune (Paris, France); Feb 15, 2009. See more usage examples of peripatetic in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Our heads are round so that thoughts can change direction. -Francis Picabia, painter and poet (1879-1953)
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