different between peripatetic vs roving

English

Alternative forms

• peripatetick (obsolete)
• Peripatetic (Aristotelian)

Etymology

From French péripatétique, from Latin peripat?ticus, from Ancient Greek ????????????? (peripat?tikós, “given to walking around”), from ????????? (peripaté?, “I walk around”), from ???? (perí, “around”) (English peri-)+ ????? (paté?, “I walk”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?p??.?.p??t?t.?k/, /?p??.?.p??t?t.?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

peripatetic (comparative more peripatetic, superlative most peripatetic)

1. Tending to walk about.
2. Constantly travelling; itinerant; nomadic.
3. (philosophy, usually capitalized) Having to do with Aristotle, his philosophy, or the school of thought which he founded -- from the practice of conducting philosophical conversations while taking a walk.
   • 1642, James Howell, Instructions For Foreign Travel

     The true peripatetic school.

Translations

Noun

peripatetic (plural peripatetics)

1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.

   Synonyms: wayfarer, itinerant, pedestrian, nomad

2. (philosophy, usually capitalized) One who accepts the philosophy of Aristotle or his school; an Aristotelian.
   • 1961, Albert Upton, Design for Thinking: A First Book in Semantics, 11:

     He who would think clearly must think like a peripatetic even if he is unwilling to walk like one.

Translations

Anagrams

• precipitate

Romanian

Etymology

From French péripatétique

Adjective

peripatetic m or n (feminine singular peripatetic?, masculine plural peripatetici, feminine and neuter plural peripatetice)

1. peripatetic

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??o?v??/

Adjective

roving (comparative more roving, superlative most roving)

1. wandering freely.

   His roving eyes never focused on anything specific.

   • 1989, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Visible Breath, Dark Horse Books

     It could complicate things for our little household. Particularly when Larry’s roving eye is factored in.

Synonyms

• wandering

Derived terms

• roving eye
• roving reporter
• roving editor

Translations

Verb

roving

1. present participle of rove

Noun

roving (countable and uncountable, plural rovings)

1. A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn.
2. The process of giving the first twist to yarn.

Anagrams

• voring