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† exˌperimenˈtarian, a. and n. Obs.
[f. experiment n. + -arian.]
A. adj. Relying on experiment; = experimental.
B. n. One who relies on experiment, an experimental philosopher.
1661Boyle Examen v. (1682) 46 Mr. Hobbs is pleased to call us Experimentarian Philosophers. 1690― Chr. Virtuoso i. Wks. 1772 V. 536 Another thing that qualifies an experimentarian for the reception of a revealed religion..is that [etc.]. 1816D. Stewart in Encycl. Brit. Supp. I. 62 Hobbes..treating the experimentarian philosophers as objects only of contempt. |