Empiric Definition
ĕm-pîrĭk
noun
A person who relies solely on practical experience rather than on scientific principles.
Webster's New World
A charlatan; quack.
Webster's New World
adjective
Empirical.
Webster's New World
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Noun
Singular:
empiric
Plural:
empiricsOrigin of Empiric
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From Old French empirique, from Latin empiricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρικός (empeirikos, “experienced”), from ἐμπειρία (empeiria, “experience, mere experience or practice without knowledge, especially in medicine, empiricism”), from ἔμπειρος (empeiros, “experienced or practised in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πεῖρα (peira, “a trial, experiment, attempt”).
From Wiktionary
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Latin empīricus from Greek empeirikos experienced from empeiros skilled en- in en–2 peirān to try (from peira try, attempt per-3 in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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