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peripatetic

/ˌpeɹəpəˈtetɪk/peh-ruh-puh-TEH-tik
/ˌpɛɹəpəˈtɛtɪk/peh-ruh-puh-TEH-tik

Meaninggiven to walking

Common meaning: travelling from place to place, especially for work

Journey through time

  1. Greekperipatētikos‘given to walking’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftsgiven to walking → relating to Aristotle's schoolperipateticus‘relating to Aristotle's school’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsrelating to Aristotle's school → travelling from place to place, especially for workperipatetic‘travelling from place to place, especially for work’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek peripatētikos ‘given to walking’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry PERIPATETIC, p. 435 · dictionary scan

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