Aristarch
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From the Latin Aristarchus, from the Ancient Greek Ἀρίσταρχος (Arístarkhos) (Aristarkhos; “Aristarchus of Samothrace”, a severe critic of Homeric poetry).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ăʹrĭstärk, IPA(key): /ˈæɹɪstɑːk/
Noun[edit]
Aristarch (plural Aristarchs)
- A severe critic.
- 1764 September, Tobias George Smollett [ed.], The Critical Review: or, Annals of Literature, volume 18, article 23: “Review of William Johnſton’s A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary, &c.”, page 237
- Let no Ariſtarch of learning diſdain performances of this kind.
- 1932, Edith Philips, The Good Quaker in French Legend (University of Pennsylvania Press), page 145
- Then let these Aristarchs read the geographer Morse; they will then see that the good Penn, however concerned he may have been with spiritual good, did not for all that neglect the goods of this world.
- 1764 September, Tobias George Smollett [ed.], The Critical Review: or, Annals of Literature, volume 18, article 23: “Review of William Johnſton’s A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary, &c.”, page 237
Synonyms[edit]
- (severe critic): zoilus
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
severe critic
References[edit]
- “Aristarch” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
