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em·piric (em pir′ik)

noun

  1. a person who relies solely on practical experience rather than on scientific principles
  2. Archaic a charlatan; quack

Etymology: L empiricus < Gr empeirikos, experienced < empeiria, experience < en-, in + peira, a trial, experiment: see fare

adjective

empirical

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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