peripatetic
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Definition of peripatetic
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: movement or journeys hither and thither
peripatetic
adjectiveDefinition of peripatetic (Entry 2 of 2)
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Other Words from peripatetic
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Synonyms for peripatetic
Synonyms: Adjective
ambulant, ambulatory, errant, fugitive, gallivanting (also galavanting), itinerant, nomad, nomadic, perambulatory, peregrine, ranging, roaming, roving, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring
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Examples of peripatetic in a Sentence
Adjective
She worked as a peripatetic journalist for most of her life. He had a peripatetic career as a salesman.Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Power’s early years exemplified the peripatetic privilege of the global bourgeoisie. — Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, "The Fog of Intervention," 4 Sep. 2019 Webb senior was almost pathologically peripatetic, moving the family from tiny town to tiny town. — Longreads, "The Story of Country Music’s Great Songwriting Duo," 3 Sep. 2019 His shouted instructions punch their way into the late-summer sunshine, staccato bursts whose pugilistic edge seems even heavier thanks to the New York tinge that decades of a peripatetic coaching life cannot rob from his voice. — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, "Boston’s winning ways drew Bruce Arena, and he has put the Revolution in the conversation," 29 Aug. 2019 McAfee, 32, has had a peripatetic media career since opting out of his deal with the Indianapolis Colts in 2017, forfeiting close to $6 million on his five-year contract. — Marisa Guthrie, The Hollywood Reporter, "Former NFL Star Pat McAfee Lands Daily Show on DAZN and Westwood One (Exclusive)," 7 Aug. 2019 About twelve hundred objects, cunningly arrayed, document the life and work of Szeemann’s paternal grandfather, Étienne, who was a hairdresser with a peripatetic career in Europe. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, "Harald Szeemann’s Revolutionary Curating," 15 July 2019 Like Reynolds, Leonardo DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton speaks with a twang and hails from Missouri (one of several states Reynolds lived in during a peripatetic childhood). — Keith Phipps, The Verge, "Before you see Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, watch Smokey and the Bandit," 26 July 2019 In Haddon’s telling, this peripatetic prince is Odysseus, Robin Hood and MacGyver rolled into one tower of awesomeness: a humble, troubled superhero whom every heartthrob in Hollywood should be lining up to play. — Ron Charles Critic, Washington Post, "Mark Haddon’s ‘The Porpoise’ sounds like homework. It’s actually fantastic.," 11 June 2019 Paul Erdős, the famously eccentric, peripatetic and prolific 20th-century mathematician, was fond of the idea that God has a celestial volume containing the perfect proof of every mathematical theorem. — Quanta Magazine, "In Search of God’s Perfect Proofs," 19 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'peripatetic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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