theoric
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θiːˈɒɹɪk/, /θiːˈɔːɹɪk/
Etymology 1
From Middle English theorike, from Old French theorique, probably from Medieval Latin *theōrica, from Ancient Greek θεωρική (theōrikḗ).
Noun
theoric (plural theorics)
- (obsolete) Theory, as opposed to practice. [14th–19th c.]
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
- So that the art and practic part of life Must be the mistress to this theoric
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 27, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- We travel into Italie to learne the art of fencing, and practise it at the cost of our lives, before we know it; it were requisite, according to the order of true discipline, we should preferre the theorike before the practike.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 2, member 4:
- Jucundus […] confesseth of himself, that he was mightily delighted with these husbandry studies, and took extraordinary pleasure in them: if the theoric or speculation can so much affect, what shall the place and exercise, the practic part, do?
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Etymology 2
From Middle English theoryk, from Latin theōricus and Middle French theorique.
Adjective
theoric (comparative more theoric, superlative most theoric)
- (obsolete) Relating to, or skilled in, theory.
- 1619, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry
- A man but young, / Yet old in judgment, theoric and practic / In all humanity
- 1619, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry
- Relating to the Ancient Greek Theorica.
Anagrams
- rotchie, trochei
Interlingua
Adjective
theoric (not comparable)
- theoretic