Peripatetic



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 巡游的
• ［英］ adj. 巡游的 ( travelling from place to place; itinerant)
• ［类］ 反义词: stationary ( 静止的) ; rooted ( 固定的)
• ［记］ peri ( 周围) ＋patet ( 走) ＋ic -> 巡游的

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1. capitalized a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism
• 2. pedestrian, itinerant
• 3. plural movement or journeys hither and thither

II. adjective

• Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French peripatetique, from Latin peripateticus, from Greek peripatētikos, from peripatein to walk up and down, discourse while pacing (as did Aristotle), from peri- + patein to tread; akin to Sanskrit patha path — more at find
• Date: 1566
• 1. capitalized Aristotelian
• 2.
  • a. of, relating to, or given to walking
  • b. moving or traveling from place to place ; itinerant
• ? peripatetically adverb
• ? Peripateticism noun

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