practic
[adjective]
Synonyms: realistic, down-to-earth, hard, matter-of-fact, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, unidealistic, unromantic, utilitarian

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practic adjective. ['praktɪk] arch. LME.
[French practique var. of pratique or late Latin practicus, from Greek praktikos, from prattein do: see -IC.]
1. = PRACTICAL adjective 2a. LME.

2. Experienced, practised, skilled. L16-M17.

3. Artful, crafty, cunning. Only in L16.

4. = PRACTICAL adjective 3, 5. E-M17.

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practic noun. ['praktɪk] Also (now only in sense 2b) practick. LME.
[Old French practique (mod. pratique) from medieval Latin practica from Greek praktikē use as noun of fem. of praktikos: see PRACTIC adjective, -IC.]
1. The action of doing something; practical work; practice as opp. to theory. arch. LME.
b. An action, a deed; in pl., works, practices; practical things or matters. arch. M17.

2. a. Custom, habit, usage. LME-E19.
b. Chiefly Scots Law (now Hist.). Legal usage; case-law. M16.

3. Artful dealing, cunning. Also, an art, a practical skill; an artful stratagem, a deception. obsolete exc. Scot. dial. LME.

4. Practical acquaintance; familiarity; experience. L16-M18.

► Earlier English and esp. Scot. equivalent of PRACTICE noun.

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