Word: 'empiric' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'empiric' • Extended Annotations
from Greek empeiros "experienced (in a thing), proven by use"
Originally a school of ancient physicians who based their practice on direct experience rather than theory.
The older term empiric has been gradually debased by implication, especially in terms of health and healing.
Susceptibility to poisoning depends on (and reveals) one's level of proficiency.
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |
