empiric
em·pi·ric
EmpiricalEmpirical.
/ɛmˈpɪɹɪk/
Meaning
1 sensesEmpirical.
More definitions
- relying on medical quackery
- derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
Origin
Borrowed from Latin empiricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós, “experienced”),Borrowed from Latin empiricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós, “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.
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