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!
are you seriousm did it really?
I searched and didn't find it. That's why I post the word in the title, so I can find words again and try not to redo them.
well you have certainly established that you know how to irk a teacher : )
Toby06? Who's he? I got rid of him the same time the mods did. ;)
Yes'm. The evening number, not the daytime one.
They'll probably have him head up a committee too. Pathetic and peripatetic. A+ for you!
dang. maybe that means that Bob Casey is the antichrist>?
LOL
A+ for you! Bush is supposedly at his lowest approval rating of all - 31%. Watch it drop even lower among the republicans when he pushes through his immigration amnesty plan.
the point is we don't care one way or the other. we do this because we enjoy it and try to ignore jagoffs that say WE HAD THIS WORD ALREADY, just like on other threads where you get jagoffs who say ALREADY POSTED etc. : ) you just have to wonder what people are trying to achieve by saying that stuff, we do our best and the rest of you can just get bent! now that i said that i am glad that bent changed her name to soaring!
the point is we don't care one way or the other. we do this because we enjoy it and try to ignore jagoffs that say WE HAD THIS WORD ALREADY, just like on other threads where you get jagoffs who say ALREADY POSTED etc. : ) you just have to wonder what people are trying to achieve by saying that stuff, we do our best and the rest of you can just get bent! now that i said that i am glad that bent changed her name to soaring!
the point is we don't care one way or the other. we do this because we enjoy it and try to ignore jagoffs that say WE HAD THIS WORD ALREADY, just like on other threads where you get jagoffs who say ALREADY POSTED etc. : ) you just have to wonder what people are trying to achieve by saying that stuff, we do our best and the rest of you can just get bent! now that i said that i am glad that bent changed her name to soaring!
Oooo, big words! A for you!
good grief! i know i hit post once. maybe the pain meds are catching up with me!
Chillax, we heard you the first time! ;) Dang laptops!
Good morning, dear, everyone.
Yeah, what you said! We don't care - they can just get bent!
Is FR running sluggish for anyone beside me? Takes forever, for the post to load -size makes no difference.
Which time? :)
You can say that again! < ducking>
How ya doing?
A for you. I miss them. Can you explain why my local paper puts Dilbert in the business section but posts that piece of garbage Doonesbury in the comics?
Have we used "jagoff" as a WFTD yet?
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