empiric

== English == === Alternative forms === empirick (obsolete) === Etymology === From Old French empirique, from Latin empiricus, from 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”). Not related to empire. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛmˈpɪɹɪk/, /ɪmˈpɪɹɪk/ Hyphenation: em‧pi‧ric === Adjective === empiric Empirical. ==== Translations ==== === 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. , New York Review, Books, 2001, p.257: An empiric oftentimes, and a silly chirurgeon, doth more strange cures than a rational physician. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “empiric”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “empiric”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “empiric”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “empiric”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French empirique and Latin empīricus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /emˈpi.rik/ === Adjective === empiric m or n (feminine singular empirică, masculine plural empirici, feminine/neuter plural empirice) empirical ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== empirism empirist