practic

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈpɹæktɪk/

Definition of practic

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.
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noun

  1. A person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.

adj

  1. (archaic)Practical.
    “They that intend the practic cure of melancholy, saith Duretus in his notes to Hollerius, set down nine peculiar scopes or ends […].”
  2. (obsolete)Cunning, crafty.
    “she vsed hath the practicke paine / Of this false footman [...].”

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Etymology

From Middle English practic, practik, partly from Old French practique and partly from its etymon, Late Latin prācticus (“active”), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “to do”). Doublet of practico.

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