practic

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/ˈpɹæktɪk/

noun

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

OriginMiddle English practic ← Old French practique ← Late Latin prācticus →
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Meanings

nounpractic (plural practics)

plural practics

  1. A person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.
adjectivepractic (comparative more practic, superlative most practic)

comparative more practic · superlative most practic

  1. archaicPractical.

    They that intend the practic cure of melancholy, saith Duretus in his notes to Hollerius, set down nine peculiar scopes or ends[…].

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 1, member 4, subsection 3
  2. obsoleteCunning, crafty.

    she vsed hath the practicke paine / Of this false footman [...].

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπρακτικός“of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”
  2. Late Latinprācticus“active”
  3. Old Frenchpractique
  4. Middle Englishpractic
  5. Englishpractic

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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APA

practic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/practic

MLA

“practic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/practic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “practic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/practic.

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