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peripatetic \per-uh-puh-TET-ik\ adjective 1. walking or traveling about; itinerant. 2. (initial capital letter) of or relating to Aristotle, who taught philosophy while walking in the Lyceum of ancient Athens. Quotes The peripatetic life is the only truly fashionable one these days. And one must not come back empty-handed; it's as necessary to display a vase unearthed from Pompeii or a new dress from Madame Bertin in Paris as to litter one's speech with carisima miaand enchanté. -- Emma Donoghue, Life Mask, 2004       inveigle \in-VEY-guh l, -VEE-\ verb 1. to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge. 2. to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods (usually followed by from oraway): to inveigle a theater pass from a person. Quotes Thus craftily did he inveigle the vain bird, who finally came and spread his tail alongside the fracture for comparison. The gorgeous feathers at once froze fast to the ice, and--in short, that artless fowl passed a very uncomfortable winter -- Ambrose Bierce, Cobwebs from an Empty Skull, 1874

bellwether

\BEL-weth-er\ noun 1. a person or thing that shows the existence or direction of a trend; index. 2. a wether or other male sheep that leads the flock,