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Webster 1913 Edition

Hypercritical

Hyˊper-crit′ic-al

,
Adj.
1.
Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious.
“Hypercritical readers.”
Swift.
2.
Excessively nice or exact.
Evelyn.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hypercritical

HYPERCRIT'ICAL

,
Adj.
Over critical; critical beyond use or reason; animadverting on faults with unjust severity; as a hypercritical reader.
1.
Excessively nice or exact; as a hypercritical punculio.

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