Empiric
WordNet
adjective
(1) Derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
"An empirical basis for an ethical theory"
"Empirical laws"
"Empirical data"
"An empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
(2) Relying on medical quackery
"Empiric treatment"
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Etymology
From < < < < < + .
Noun
empiric
- someone who is guided by empiricism; an empiricist.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 24,
- Paracelsus and some few other sooty Empiricks
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 24,
- An unqualified or dishonest practitioner; a charlatan.