empiric

[ em-pir-ik ]

/ ɛmˈpɪr ɪk /

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noun

a person who follows an empirical method.

a quack; charlatan.

adjective

empirical.

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Origin of empiric

1520–30; <Latin empīricus<Greek empeirikós experienced, equivalent to em-em-² + peir- (stem of peirân to attempt) + -ikos-ic

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How to use empiric in a sentence

The count considered Lincoln an “honest man of nature, perhaps an empiric, doctoring with innocent juices from herbs.”
President Lincoln’s Twitter Mole|Kevin Peraino|October 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Clemens never had any quarrel with the theory of Christian Science or mental healing, or with any of the empiric practices.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
The theorist disdains experience—the empiric rejects principle.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII.|Various
The great intellectual forces of the nineteenth century allied themselves to two movements, the transcendental and the empiric.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham

The surplus labour of the latter is an empiric fact, demonstrable by experience, which needs no deductive proof.
Karl Marx|Achille Loria
To them both the physician and empiric owe part of their success.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for empiric

empiric

/ (ɛmˈpɪrɪk) /

noun

a person who relies on empirical methods

a medical quack; charlatan

adjective

a variant of empirical

Word Origin for empiric

C16: from Latin empīricus, from Greek empeirikos practised, from peiran to attempt

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