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aristarch

[ ar-uh-stahrk ]
/ ˈær əˌstɑrk /
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noun

a severe critic.

RELATED WORDS

doubter, complainant, complainer, quibbler, caviler, censor, nitpicker, carper, zapper, muckraker, disparager, maligner, slanderer, worrier, nagger, faultfinder, niggler, criticizer, censurer, fretter

Nearby words

arisen, arising, arista, arista, mariano, aristaeus, aristarch, aristarchus, aristarchus of samos, aristarchus of samothrace, aristarchy, aristate

Origin of aristarch

1615–25; after Aristarchus of Samothrace, who, in editing Homer, rejected many lines as spurious interpolations
Related formsAr·i·star·chi·an, adjective
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