Posted on 11/13/2006 4:30:24 AM PST by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
peripatetic \pair-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.
3. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
4. A follower of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
Example sentence:
I was born in Italy, my sister on the west coast of Canada, because my father was pursuing a peripatetic career as an artist.
-- Anna Shapiro, USA Today, July 13, 2000
Etymology:
Peripatetic derives from Greek peripatetikos, from peripatein, "to walk about," from peri-, "around, about" + patein, "to walk.".
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Rise and shine!
Risen and shining!
thanks for opening, subbie!~
The chef is here. Good eats for everyone.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Morning, y'all!
Would all you WFTD ping list holders please make sure I am on your list, and you can delete Toby06, he's dead.
Morning!
The peripatetic 'rat supporters
Who bestirred themselves to vote
Did less than supposed "conservatives"
Who kept that raft afloat
By staying home and pouting
Like they did some years ago
That time we got X42-
This time we will get snow
A snow job that is, from the liberals
Masquerading as regular guys
And sending up their test balloons
To see if one of them flies
I'm off to work as soon as I finish this bid-back later...
Calvin and Hobbes: Just a pair of pathetic peripatetics!!!
- Compliments of cartoonist Watterson!
I have Risen. Now where's the thermos.... can't get through a Monday just on personality and an orange.
And I think we used this word before, about 18 months ago... a Tuesday.
No prob!
Time to find a new ribbon. A for you!
The soul of the Republican Party,
In a peripatetic daze,
Is bumping into some old hard truths,
It once knew as its older ways.
The party of smaller government,
In its bloated attempt to be cool,
Has discovered a dampened enthusiasm,
Since Ted tried to take them to school.
SD
I'm sorry, today i can only use the word "pathetic" You know why.
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