methodicadj.n.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin methodicus (adjective) of or designating the Methodist school of physicians (early 3rd cent.), methodical, systematic (1542 or earlier), (noun) physician of this school (c400) < Hellenistic Greek μεθοδικός (adjective) methodical, systematic, of or designating the Methodist school of physicians, (noun) physician of this school < ancient Greek μέθοδος method n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare Middle French, French méthodique (adjective) of or designating the Methodist school of physicians (1488), characterized by or observant of rational procedure (second half of the 16th cent.), acting with attention to detail (second half of the 17th cent.), (noun) physician of the Methodist school (1721); compare also Spanish metódico (adjective) of or designating the Methodist school of physicians (c1440), Italian metodico (adjective) characterized by method or order (a1566).Compare also post-classical Latin methodica (short for methodica ars ) the Methodist school of physicians (probably 6th cent.), classical Latin methodice (with the Greek form of the feminine, as if short for μεθοδικὴ τέχνη ) the art of correct speech. Post-classical Latin methodica is reflected in the following quot.:?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 3 Apollon ærest he ȝemetta meþodicam, þæt syndon sa ysene, þa mann mid curf unhæle [printed mid cnifun hæle] menn [L. metho[d]ycam, que est cyrurgia, id est ferramentorum incisio]; and [E]scolafius empitricam [read empiricam], þæt is ilæcnunga of læcecrafta. With methodic sect (see quots. at sense A. 1) compare post-classical Latin methodica secta (probably 5th cent.), Hellenistic Greek μεθοδικὴ αἵρεσις (in Galen). With methodic physician (see quot. 1751 at sense A. 1) compare post-classical Latin medicus methodicus (5th cent.), Hellenistic Greek μεθοδικὸς ἰατρός (in Galen), Middle French chirurgien methodique (1575), French médecin méthodique (1610). In sense B. 2 probably after German Methodik.