Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Concerned with action; practical, as distinguished from theoretical.
  • Skilled; skilful; practised.
  • noun Practice, as opposed to theory; practical experience.
  • noun One concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory. See the quotation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Practical.
  • adjective obsolete Artful; deceitful; skillful.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.
  • adjective archaic Practical.
  • adjective obsolete Cunning, crafty.

Etymologies

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From Old French, from Late Latin practicus ("active"), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, "of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical"), from πράσσω (prassō, "I do").

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