theoric
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English theorike, from Old French theorique, probably from Medieval Latin *theōrica, from Ancient Greek θεωρική (theōrikḗ).
Noun
[edit]theoric (plural theorics)
- (obsolete) Theory, as opposed to practice. [14th–19th c.]
- 1599 (date written), 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, [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:
- 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: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, 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?
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English theoryk, from Latin theōricus and Middle French theorique. By surface analysis, theory + -ic.
Adjective
[edit]theoric (comparative more theoric, superlative most theoric)
- (obsolete) Relating to, or skilled in, theory.
- 1619, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry:
- A man but young, / Yet old in judgment, theoric and practic / In all humanity
- Relating to the Ancient Greek Theorica.
Anagrams
[edit]Interlingua
[edit]Adjective
[edit]theoric (not comparable)
Categories:
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English terms with quotations
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms suffixed with -ic
- English adjectives
- Interlingua lemmas
- Interlingua adjectives