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Aristarch
Ar′is-tarch
,Noun.
[From
Aristarchus
, a Greek grammarian and critic, of Alexandria, about 200 b. c
.] A severe critic.
Knowles.
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Aristarch
Aristarch
English
Alternative forms
- aristarch, Aristarchus
Noun
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
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (severe critic): zoilus
Translations
severe critic
References
- “Aristarch” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]