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Webster 1913 Edition

Peripatetic

Perˊi-pa-tet′ic

,
Adj.
[L.
peripateticus
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to walk about;
περί
about + [GREEK] to walk: cf. F.
péripatétique
.]
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.

Perˊi-pa-tet′ic

,
Noun.
1.
One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
Tatler.
2.
A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.

Webster 1828 Edition

Peripatetic

PERIPATET'IC

,
Adj.
[Gr. to walk about.] Pertaining to Aristotle's system of philosophy, or to the sect of his followers.

PERIPATET'IC

,
Noun.
A follower of Aristotle, so called because the founders of his philosophy taught, or his followers disputed questions, walking in the Lyceum at Athens.
1.
It is ludicrously applied to one who is obliged to walk, or cannot afford to ride.

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