December 08, 2026

Peripatetic

adjective

Definition

Travelling from place to place; itinerant. A peripatetic lifestyle is one lived on the move.

Example Sentence

“The peripatetic consultant spent a different week in a different city every month of the year.”

Etymology

From Greek peripatetikos, from peripatein (to walk about), from peri- (around) + patein (to walk); associated with Aristotle, who taught while walking.

Scrabble Score

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PERIPATETIC scores 17 points in Scrabble.

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