theoric a

pl. [Greek theōrika, neut. pl. of theōrikos pertaining to a spectacle; theōros = a spectator.] Greek Antiq : The public moneys expended in Athens on festivals and large es. *the-or'-Ic-al, *the-or-ic-all, a. [Eng. theoric; -al . ] 1. Of or pertaining to theory; theoretical. "Furnished with arts, languages, and grounds of the. or i call divinity." -Bp . Hall : Specialties of his Life. 2. Pertaining to the Theoric a (q.v.). *the-or-ic-al-ly, adv . [English the or i cal ; -ly .] Theoretically, speculatively. "Able to discourse theoric ally of the dimensions, situation, and motion, or stability of the whole terrestrial globe."-Boyle: Works , ii. 287. *the-o-rique (que as k), s . [Fr.] Theory. the-o-rist, s. [Eng. the or(y); -ist.] One who theorizes; one who forms theories; a speculatist. "Truths that the theorist could never reach, And observation taught me, I would teach." Cowper : Progre of Error , 11.