Definitions for peripatetics

peripatetics per·i·pa·tet·ic

Spelling: [per-uh-puh-tet-ik]
IPA: /ˌpɛr ə pəˈtɛt ɪk/

Peripatetics is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 1061 anagrams from letters in peripatetics (aceeiipprstt).

Definitions for peripatetics

noun

  1. a person who walks or travels about.
  2. (initial capital letter) a member of the Aristotelian school.

adjective

  1. walking or traveling about; itinerant.
  2. (initial capital letter) of or relating to Aristotle, who taught philosophy while walking in the Lyceum of ancient Athens.
  3. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Aristotelian school of philosophy.

Origin of peripatetics

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, e

Examples for peripatetics

Plato was the chief of the academic sect, and Aristotle of the peripatetic.

Still, Brandolini is influenced by her background and her peripatetic youth.

There was no catalogue, the smiling director forming a peripatetic one.

Jace Lacob talked to the peripatetic actress about her many TV roles.

Inconvenience to the peripatetic school from the loss of its library.

Evidently, from the description, it could be no other than the peripatetic Wulf.

But how rarely nowadays do we see this peripatetic shoeblack!

His parents were divorced, he had a peripatetic childhood, and a brother and sister both died in car accidents.

Meanwhile, Al-Liby's family lived a peripatetic existence that included spells in Sudan and Qatar.

Kim Richards is the most peripatetic of the bunch, and has moved twice since shooting The Real Housewives.

Word Value for peripatetics
Scrable

17

Words with friends

20

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