aristarch
[ ar-uh-stahrk ]
/ ˈær əˌstɑrk /
noun
a severe critic.
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Origin of aristarch
1615–25; after Aristarchus of Samothrace, who, in editing Homer, rejected many lines as spurious interpolations
OTHER WORDS FROM aristarch
Ar·i·star·chi·an, adjectiveWords nearby aristarch
ariosto, ariovistus, arise, arista, aristaeus, aristarch, aristarchus, aristarchus of samos, aristarchus of samothrace, aristate, aristide
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