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per·i·pa·tet·ic
peripatetic
pronunciation:
pe
r
p
te
tihk
parts of speech:
adjective
,
noun
part of speech:
adjective
definition:
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant.
He came from a peripatetic family and consequently attended many different schools as a child.
He is a peripatetic plastic surgeon who treats people with facial deformities in underdeveloped countries.
similar words:
ambulatory
,
migrant
related words:
ambulatory
,
rambling
,
restless
,
transient
,
vagabond
,
vagrant
part of speech:
noun
definition:
someone who walks or travels from place to place; itinerant.
related words:
vagabond
derivation:
peripatetically (adv.)
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