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Word of the Day – Peripatetic

By May 2, 2025Word of the Day

Peripatetic (adj)

per-i-pat-et-ik

Walking or traveling about; itinerant.

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin peripatēticus < Greek peripatētikós of Aristotle and his school, literally, walking about, equivalent to peripatē- (verbid stem of peripateîn to walk about, equivalent to peri- peri- + pateîn to walk; akin to path ) + -tikos -tic

Example sentences

“I loved my peripatetic lifestyle, always on the move from place to place.”

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