empiric
Meaning
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Empirical.
Synonyms
based on experience
charlatan
guilty of quackery
Hyphenated as
em‧pi‧ric
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛmˈpɪɹɪk/
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.
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