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empyric

empyric is the archaic spelling 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 empyric

pluralempyrics

Questions about empyric

What is empyric the archaic spelling of?
Empyric is the archaic spelling of empiric.

Words near empyric in the dictionary

  1. empyreumatising
  2. empyreumatize
  3. empyreumatized
  4. empyreumatizes
  5. empyreumatizing
  6. empyric
  7. empyrical
  8. empyrics
  9. empyromancy
  10. empyroses
  11. empyrosis

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