After peripatetic upbringing that took her from America to Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium and England, [Mary-Kay] Wilmers read French and Russian at Oxford.
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Peripatetic
//ˌpɛɹ.ɪ.pəˈtɛt.ɪk//
Synonyms for "peripatetic" (107 found)
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Related words (53)
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2 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 16 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- περίπατος adj (Having to do with Aristotle's philosophy or school of thought)
- περίπατος adj (of or pertaining to the philosophy of Aristotle)
Bulgarian
3 entries- аристотелев adj (Having to do with Aristotle's philosophy or school of thought)
- странстващ adj (walking about; itinerant)
- странник noun (one who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant)
Catalan
2 entries- aristotèlic adj (Having to do with Aristotle's philosophy or school of thought)
- peripatètic adj (Having to do with Aristotle's philosophy or school of thought)
Dutch
4 entries- aristotelisch adj (walking about; itinerant)
- peripatetisch adj (walking about; itinerant)
- rondreizend adj (walking about; itinerant)
- rondzwervend adj (walking about; itinerant)
Finnish
4 entries- jatkuvasti liikkeellä oleva adj (constantly traveling)
- kuljeskeleva adj (walking about; itinerant)
- peripateettinen adj (Having to do with Aristotle's philosophy or school of thought)
- vaeltava adj (constantly traveling)
French
4 entries- itinérant adj (walking about; itinerant)
- nomade adj (walking about; itinerant)
- péripatéticien adj (Having to do with Aristotle's philosophy or school of thought)
- péripatétique adj (walking about; itinerant)
German
1 entries- umherziehend adj (walking about; itinerant)
Greek
4 entries- περιοδεύων adj (walking about; itinerant)
- περιπατητικός adj (walking about; itinerant)
- πλανόδιος adj (walking about; itinerant)
- περιπατητής noun (one who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant)
Kabuverdianu
4 entries- andeje adj (walking about; itinerant)
- andeje adj (constantly traveling)
- andexu adj (walking about; itinerant)
- andexu adj (constantly traveling)
Māori
1 entries- kānekeneke adj (constantly traveling)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- omreisende adj (walking about; itinerant)
Polish
4 entries- perypatetyczny adj (Having to do with Aristotle's philosophy or school of thought)
- perypatetyczny adj (of or pertaining to the philosophy of Aristotle)
- wędrowny adj (walking about; itinerant)
- wędrowny adj (constantly traveling)
Portuguese
2 entries- itinerante adj (walking about; itinerant)
- nômade adj (walking about; itinerant)
Russian
1 entries- стра́нствующий adj (constantly traveling)
Spanish
4 entries- andariego adj (walking about; itinerant)
- errabundo adj (walking about; itinerant)
- errante adj (walking about; itinerant)
- itinerante adj (walking about; itinerant)
Swedish
1 entries- peripatetisk adj (of or pertaining to the philosophy of Aristotle)
Sample sentences
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The true peripatetic school.
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Demetreius of Phalerum, a peripatetic philosopher of the fourth century B.C., wrote an amatory treatise entitled Eroticus - no longer, however, extant.
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He who would think clearly must think like a peripatetic even if he is unwilling to walk like one.
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