1.06.2010

Peripatetic

Main Entry: 1peri·pa·tet·ic
Pronunciation: \ˌper-ə-pə-ˈte-tik\
Function: noun
Date: 15th century

1 capitalized : a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism
3 plural : movement or journeys hither and thither

Interesting: "peripatetic" showed up at the end of How We Are Hungry by Dave Eggers and at the beginning of Lost on Planet China by J. Maarten Troost.


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