peripatetical, a. Now rare.
(pɛrɪpəˈtɛtɪkəl)
[f. L. peripatētic-us (see prec.) + -al1.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or relating to the Peripatetic philosophers or their system; also = peripatetic a. 1. Now rare or Obs.
| 1569 J. Sandford tr. Agrippa's Van. Artes 67 b, These doth Thomas of Aquine follow fighting with a peripateticall argument. 1570 Dee Math. Pref. A iv, All maner of Philosophie, Academicall, or Peripateticall. a 1688 Cudworth Immut. Mor. iv. i. (1731) 147 Other Opinion called Peripatetical, that asserts the Eduction of Immaterial Forms out of the Power of Matter. 1692 Ray Disc. ii. (1732) 70 Unless we will grant a peripatetical condensation and rarefaction. |
2. = peripatetic a. 2. (Mostly humorous.)
| 1633 T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter iii. 8 He wearies..his indefatigable solicitor, and makes his peripatetical profession tedious to him. a 1634 Randolph Pedlar Poems (1652) 32 A Peripateticall Iourny-man that like another Atlas carries his heavenly shop on 's shoulders. 1854 Fraser's Mag. L. 345 The British Association,..the Archæological Institute, and the other peripatetical gatherings. |
† b. ? Of the nature of a formal or strutting walk.
| 1589 Nashe Pref. Greene's Menaphon (Arb.) 10 Hauing starched their beardes most curiouslie, to make a peripateticall path into the inner parts of the Citie. 1607 Dekker Westw. Hoe ii. i. Wks. 1873 II. 293 A Constable new chosen kept not such a peripateticall gate. |
Hence peripaˈtetically adv., in the course of walking about or moving on.
| 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. vii. vii, The tall Marquis..looks peripatetically on this scene from under his umbrella. 1871 Daily News 18 Sept., [He] divided his attention between a homely breakfast, consumed peripatetically, the despatch of orderlies, and the elaboration of details. |