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Empiric
Definitions
- 1 Empirical.
- 1 derived from experiment and observation rather than theory wordnet
- 2 relying on medical quackery wordnet
- 1 A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience. historical
- 2 Someone who is guided by empiricism; an empiricist.
- 3 Any unqualified or dishonest practitioner; a charlatan; a quack.
"An empiric oftentimes, and a silly chirurgeon, doth more strange cures than a rational physician."
Etymology
From Old French empirique, from Latin empiricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρικός (empeirikós, “experienced”), from ἐμπειρία (empeiría, “experience, mere experience or practice without knowledge, especially in medicine, empiricism”), from ἔμπειρος (émpeiros, “experienced or practised in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πεῖρα (peîra, “a trial, experiment, attempt”). Not related to empire.
From Old French empirique, from Latin empiricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρικός (empeirikós, “experienced”), from ἐμπειρία (empeiría, “experience, mere experience or practice without knowledge, especially in medicine, empiricism”), from ἔμπειρος (émpeiros, “experienced or practised in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πεῖρα (peîra, “a trial, experiment, attempt”). Not related to empire.
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