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

Everything was conjecture, and that which rested on the evidence of facts was by the empirics received with enthusiasm.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park
Men are imaginary invalids, whose weakness empirics are interested to encourage, in order to have sale for their drugs.
Good Sense|Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holbach
Their antagonists, the Empirics, ridiculed such knowledge as fanciful or unattainable, and relied on experience alone.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2)|John William Draper
Those who have treated of the sciences have been either empirics or dogmatical.
Novum Organum|Francis Bacon

In those days the physicians were divided into three schools: empirics, dogmatists, and methodists.
The Vizier of the Two-Horned Alexander|Frank R. Stockton

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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