empiric

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience. historical
  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.
形容词 adj.
  1. Empirical.

词形变化

empirick alternative,obsolete empirics plural empirick alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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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