peripatetic

 
Pronunciation: /ˌpɛrɪpəˈtɛtɪk/

adjective

  • 1travelling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods: the peripatetic nature of military life
  • (of a teacher) working in more than one school or college: a peripatetic music teacher
  • 2 (Peripatetic) Aristotelian.
    [with reference to Aristotle's practice of walking to and fro while teaching]

noun

  • 1a person who travels from place to place, especially a teacher who works in more than one school or college: peripatetics have been cut under local management of schools
  • 2 (Peripatetic) an Aristotelian philosopher.

Derivatives

peripatetically

adverb

peripateticism

Pronunciation: /-sɪz(ə)m/
noun

Origin:

late Middle English (denoting an Aristotelian philosopher): from Old French peripatetique, via Latin from Greek peripatētikos 'walking up and down', from the verb peripatein