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empiric

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em·pir·ic  (m-pîrk)
n.
1. One who is guided by practical experience rather than precepts or theory.
2. An unqualified or dishonest practitioner; a charlatan.
adj.
Empirical.
[Latin empricus, from Greek empeirikos, experienced, from empeiros, skilled : en-, in; see en-2 + peirn, to try (from peira, try, attempt; see per-3 in Indo-European roots).]
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Adj.1.empiric - relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment"
empirical
archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
2.empiric - derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
empirical
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Jones did not affect to consider Hiram Doolittle a perfect empiric in his profession, being in the constant habit of listening to his treatises on architecture with a kind of indulgent smile; yet, either from an inability to oppose them by anything plausible from his own stores of learning or from secret admiration, Richard generally submitted to the arguments of his co-adjutor.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
On her way to the apartments of her son she had met with a new empiric.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
He once more endeavored to pass the supposed empiric, scorning even the parade of threatening to use the knife, or tomahawk, that was pendent from his belt.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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