Definitions
derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“An empiric oftentimes, and a silly chirurgeon, doth more strange cures than a rational physician.”
“[…] and must therefore swallow down Opinions, as silly People do Empiricks['] Pills, without knowing what they are made of[…]”
“To the disgust of doctors, the royal family at Versailles allowed one Brun, a wandering empiric […], to administer a proprietary ‘sovereign remedy’ to the ailing monarch.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Based on observation”7 letters
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