hypercritic

English

Alternative forms

• hypercritick (obsolete)

Etymology

hyper- +‎ critic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪpə(ɹ)ˈkɹɪtɪk/

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Noun

hypercritic (plural hypercritics)

1. A carping or unduly censorious critic.
   • 1674 (date written), John Dryden, “The Authors Apology for Heroique Poetry; and Poetique Licence”, in The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man: An Opera. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1677, →OCLC, page 22:

     '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

hypercritic (comparative more hypercritic, superlative most hypercritic)

1. hypercritical