Crossword-Solution: PERIPATETIC
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Peripatetic | a. | Walking about; itinerant. |
| Peripatetic | a. | Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers. |
| Peripatetic | n. | One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. |
| Peripatetic | n. | A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PERIPATETIC | anagram | PRECIPITATE |
We have 9 clues for the answer “PERIPATETIC”
| Clue | Answers |
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| traveling especially on foot | 1 answer |
| walking about from place to place, itinerant | 1 answer |
| walking about | 2 answers |
| JOURNEY (pert. to) | 2 answers |
| travelling from place to place | 3 answers |
| moving from place to place | 3 answers |
| A PERSON WHO WALKS FROM PLACE TO PLACE | 11 answers |
| Wander | 64 answers |
| Itinerant | 72 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with PERIPATETIC (5)
One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning; so denominated from Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher.
Therefore the Doctor cherished his peripatetic lectures, to which the boy attended, which he generally appeared to enjoy, and by which he often profited.
But, given further time and opportunity, there is no reason why this peripatetic assassin should not have attained to the considerable figure with which he credited himself in his bogus confession.
There was about this time, in the village of Langdirdum, a peripatetic brother of the brush, who exercised his vocation sub Jove frigido, the object of admiration of all the boys of the village, but especially to Dick Tinto.
She found herself, at the end of a year or two, with a rather large acquaintance among these peripatetic gentlemen.
Quotes with PERIPATETIC (3)
She wrote poetry constantly; that was her "work". She was a slow bleeder and she slaved over it for long, exhausting hours, and many a middle of a night I could hear her creaking around the dead house with a pen in one hand, a clipboard and a flashlight in the other, refining her poems, jotting down the lines of a conceit. Writing never came easy for her; it gave her calluses. She never courted the muses, she wrestled them, mauled them all over the house and came up, after we…
The English seem to relish unsystematic learning of this kind, in the same manner that they embarked upon "Grand Tours" of Europe in pursuit of a peripatetic scholarship.
After a day on Mykines, I changed my mind about life not going on. A sort of life was going on, beating with a reasonalbe version of a pulse, but that life consisted for the most part of travelers like myself. There were maybe a dozen of us -- one third of the island's population. Our tribe could only increase as the Mykines tribe dwindled away, a few falling down steps, most simply emigrating, until there would be, sad to say, only our peripatetic selves. We were the future …
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1971–1983).