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theoretick

theoretick is the obsolete form of theoretic.

Meaning of theoretic

Adjective

theoretic (comparative more theoretic, superlative most theoretic)

  1. Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
    • We shall, therefore, only very humbly submit whether the whole statement be not rather too theoretic and somewhat too darkly adumbrated in ambiguous phraseology for plain, uncollegian understandings.1826, Rev. James Gilchrist, The Perpetuity of Christian Baptism Maintained, page 43
  2. Existing only in theory, not proven in reality.

Forms of theoretick

comparativemore theoretick
superlativemost theoretick

Questions about theoretick

What is theoretick the obsolete form of?
Theoretick is the obsolete form of theoretic.

Words near theoretick in the dictionary

  1. theoreticity
  2. theoreticize
  3. theoreticized
  4. theoreticizes
  5. theoreticizing
  6. theoretick
  7. theoretico-practical
  8. theoretics
  9. theoretise
  10. theoretised
  11. theoretises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: theoretick (page history and authors); theoretic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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