Hypercritic

//ˌhaɪpə(ɹ)ˈkɹɪtɪk// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A carping or unduly censorious critic.

    "'Tis worth our conſideration, a little to examine how much theſe Hypercritiques of Engliſh Poetry, differ from the opinion of the Greek and Latine Judges of Antiquity: […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    hypercritical

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"'Tis worth our conſideration, a little to examine how much theſe Hypercritiques of Engliſh Poetry, differ from the opinion of the Greek and Latine Judges of Antiquity: […]"

Etymology

From hyper- + critic.

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