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peripatetic

pe ruh puh te tik

  • n  a person who walks from place to place
  • n  a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
  • a  of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy
  • s  traveling especially on foot
    peripatetic country preachers

  • The swineflu started from Mexico but threatens to be a very peripatetic flu.
  • When peripatetic Pen-Manufacturer Milton Reynolds went looking for such a peak (PTI, April 12), he ran into trouble with the Chinese government, failed to get anywhere or prove .
  • Ever since it made its notorious globe-girdling trip in 1918, influenza has remained the most peripatetic of plagues.
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  • Gingrich, a DOMA Architect, Returning to D.C. as Talking Head
    The Defense of Marriage Act was the biggest legislative victory for social conservatives that Newt Gingrich was able to engineer as speaker of the House. This morning, an hour before that law was struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, the peripatetic Georgia Republican and failed presidential candidate announced he was leaving traditional politics altogether.
    June 26, 2013 - CQ Politics

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