different between wandering vs peripatetic

English

Etymology

wander +? -ing

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?nd????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?nd????/

Adjective

wandering (not comparable)

1. Which wanders; travelling from place to place.
2. (medicine, of an organ) Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions.

   a wandering kidney; a wandering liver

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

wandering (plural wanderings)

1. Travelling without preset route; roaming.
2. Irregular turning of the eyes.
3. Aimless thought.
4. Straying from a desired path.
5. (chiefly in the plural) Disordered speech or delirium.

Derived terms

• outwandering

Translations

Verb

wandering

1. present participle of wander

Anagrams

• wardening

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