peripatetic.

Traveling or working in different places rather than remaining settled.

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Words that belong together

• peripatetic teacher
• peripatetic life

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The peripatetic teacher arrived each spring.

His peripatetic life left little room for possessions.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more peripatetic; superlative most peripatetic where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.