empiric
English
Alternative forms
- empirick (obsolete)
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French empirique, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin empiricus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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”).
Adjective
empiric
Translations
empiric — see empirical
Noun
empiric (plural empirics)
- (historical) A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience.
- Someone who is guided by empiricism; an empiricist.
- Any unqualified or dishonest practitioner; a charlatan; a quack.
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York Review, Books, 2001, p.257:
- An empiric oftentimes, and a silly chirurgeon, doth more strange cures than a rational physician.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, p.24:
- […] Paracelsus and some few other sooty Empiricks, rather then (as they are fain to call themselves) Philosophers, having their eyes darken'd, and their Brains troubl'd with the smoke of their own Furnaces, began to rail at the Peripatetick Doctrine, which they were too illiterate to understand […]
- (Can we date this quote by John Locke and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Swallow down opinions as silly people do empirics' pills.
- 1913 January, Moreton Frewen, “The Great Drain of Gold to India”, in The Nineteenth Century and After: A Monthly Review Founded by James Knowles, volume LXXIII, number CCCCXXXI, New York, N.Y.: Leonard Scott Publication Co.; London: Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd., printers, →OCLC, page 59:
- The fact is, that since a good, sound, honest, efficient, automatic, nonmetallic currency and standard was tampered with in 1893, India has been a happy hunting-ground for any empiric who conjured with a new scheme of currency, no matter how fantastic.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p.33:
- To the disgust of doctors, the royal family at Versailles allowed one Brun, a wandering empiric […], to administer a proprietary ‘sovereign remedy’ to the ailing monarch.
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York Review, Books, 2001, p.257:
Translations
ancient physician who based his theories solely on experience
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one guided by empiricism — see empiricist
unqualified or dishonest practitioner — see charlatan
Further reading
- “empiric”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “empiric”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “empiric”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “empiric”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French empirique and Latin empīricus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
empiric m or n (feminine singular empirică, masculine plural empirici, feminine and neuter plural empirice)
Declension
Declension of empiric
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | empiric | empirică | empirici | empirice | ||
definite | empiricul | empirica | empiricii | empiricele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | empiric | empirice | empirici | empirice | ||
definite | empiricului | empiricei | empiricelor | empiricilor |
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