| 单词 |
criticaster |
| 释义 |
criticaster|krɪtɪˈkæstə(r)| [See -aster.] A petty or inferior critic. (Used in contempt.)
1684N. S. Crit. Enq. Edit. Bible viii. 51, I perceived that note to be added by some Jewish Criticaster. 1810Southey in Q. Rev. III. 457 While the criticasters..were pronouncing sentence of condemnation upon it. 1872Swinburne Under Microscope 36 The rancorous and reptile crew of poeticules who decompose into criticasters. Hence critiˈcasterism, critiˈcastry, nonce-wds.
1805Southey in Robberds Mem. W. Taylor II. 87 Whose criticasterisms have long annoyed me. 1887F. Hall in N.Y. Nation XLIV. 516/1 His criticastry takes no stigmatic note of ‘was being done away’. |

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