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empirick

empirick is the obsolete form of empiric.

Meaning of empiric

Noun

empiric (plural empirics)

  1. (historical) A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience.
  2. Someone who is guided by empiricism; an empiricist.
  3. Any unqualified or dishonest practitioner; a charlatan; a quack.
    • An empiric oftentimes, and a silly chirurgeon, doth more strange cures than a rational physician., New York Review, Books, 2001, p.257

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Forms of empirick

pluralempiricks

Questions about empirick

What is empirick the obsolete form of?
Empirick is the obsolete form of empiric.

Words near empirick in the dictionary

  1. empiricizations
  2. empiricize
  3. empiricized
  4. empiricizes
  5. empiricizing
  6. empirick
  7. empiricks
  8. empirics
  9. empiriocritic
  10. empiriocritical
  11. empiriocriticism

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