practic
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French, from Late Latin practicus (“active”), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prassō, “I do”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈpræktɪk/
Noun [edit]
practic (plural practics)
- A person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.
Adjective [edit]
practic (comparative more practic, superlative most practic)
- (archaic) Practical.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.i.4.3:
- They that intend the practic cure of melancholy, saith Duretus in his notes to Hollerius, set down nine peculiar scopes or ends [...].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.i.4.3:
- (obsolete) Cunning, crafty.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:
- she vsed hath the practicke paine / Of this false footman [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:
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External links [edit]
- practic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- practic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
