empiric
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person who relies on empirical methods |
| 2. | a medical quack; charlatan |
| —adj | |
| 3. | a variant of empirical |
| [C16: from Latin empīricus, from Greek empeirikos practised, from peiran to attempt] | |
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Word Origin & History
empiric
c.1600, from L. empiricus, from Gk. empeirikos, from empeiria "experience" (see empirical). From 16c.-19c. often as a noun with sense "quack doctor."
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empiric em·pir·ic (ěm-pēr'ĭk)
n.
One who is guided by practical experience rather than precepts or theory.
An unqualified or dishonest practitioner; a charlatan.
Empirical.
Relating to a school of ancient Greek medicine in which a physician relied on experience and precedent in the observation and treatment of disease, and on analogical reasoning in discovering new diseases.
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Example sentences
There is much learned through the empiric practice of medicine and many little surprises, often unintended and positive.
He was not a vain empiric, not a dry grammarian: he had learning, he had seen the world.
There is no one, no single one, real empiric proof that ratifies the existence of anthropogenic global warming.
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