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aristarch

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[ar-uh-stahrk] / ˈær əˌstɑrk /

noun

  1. a severe critic.

Other Word Forms

  • Aristarchian adjective

Etymology

Origin of aristarch

1615–25; after Aristarchus of Samothrace, who, in editing Homer, rejected many lines as spurious interpolations

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Even the aristarch Johnson allowed that the quality of readiness and profusion had a merit in itself, independent of the intrinsic value of the composition.

From The Abbot by Scott, Walter, Sir

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