\per-uh-puh-TET-ik\, adjective: 1 Of or pertaining to walking about or traveling from place to place; itinerant 2 Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers
adj Walking about Relating to the philosophy of Aristotle, who, while expounding it, moved from place to place in order to avoid his pupil's objections A needless precaution -- they knew no more of the matter than he
If someone has a peripatetic life or career, they travel around a lot, living or working in places for short periods of time. Her father was in the army and the family led a peripatetic existence. travelling from place to place, especially in order to do your job (péripatétique, from , from , from peripatein )
Walking or travelling about Of or pertaining to Aristotle, or the Aristotelian school of philosophy, who taught philosophy while walking in the Lyceum in ancient Athens [30]