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empiric
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, empirical , from Latin empiricus (n.) "a physician guided by experience," from Greek empeirikos "experienced," from empeiria "experience; mere experience or practice without knowledge," especially in medicine, from empeiros "experienced (in a thing), ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment" [syn: empirical ] derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. empirical n. 1 A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience. 2 Someone who is guided by empiricism; an empiricist. 3 Any unqualified or dishonest practitioner; a charlatan; a quack.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Empiric \Em*pir"ic\ (?; 277), n. [L. empiricus an empiric, Gr. ? experienced, equiv. to ?; ? in + ? a trial, experiment; akin to ? ford, way, and E. fare: cf. F. empirique. See In , and Fare .] One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical ...
Usage examples of empiric.
The younger here of our ethereal band And hierarchy of Intelligences, That this thwart Parliament whose moods we watch-- So insular, empiric, un-ideal-- May figure forth in sharp and salient lines To retrospective eyes of afterdays, And print its legend large on History.
My disease was not a case within the province of empirics, and I bethought myself of confiding in M.
An empiric named Gendron, the first surgeon my servants had found, made an opening on the opposite side of my hand which doubled the wound.
Sometimes I had an idea of consulting my kind father, but I would soon abandon it with fear, for I had made a trial of his empiric treatment in the Rinaldi affair, and still more in the case of l'Abbadie.
As soon as the empiric Gendron was gone, the palatin's surgeon came in and took charge of the case, calling Gendron a low fellow.
After having received the compliments of the jailer on his recommitment, he took pen, ink, and paper, and composed an artful and affecting epistle to the empiric, imploring his mercy, flattering his weakness, and demonstrating the bad policy of cooping up an unhappy man in a jail, where he could never have an opportunity of doing justice to his creditors.