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Definition of peripatetic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

peripatetic

adjective
 
/ˌperipəˈtetɪk/
 
/ˌperipəˈtetɪk/
(formal)
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  1. going from place to place, for example in order to work
    • a peripatetic music teacher
    • More funding needs to be given to the peripatetic outreach services.
    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting an Aristotelian philosopher): from Old French peripatetique, via Latin from Greek peripatētikos ‘walking up and down’, from the verb peripatein.
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