hypercritic
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hypercritic
From the New Latin word hypercriticus, dating back to 1625–35. See hyper-, critic
Example Sentences
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He plays the hypercritic on himself, and starves his genius to death from a needless apprehension of a plethora.
From Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution by Alfred Rayney Waller
Methinks the hypercritic might say there should not be two words of the same spelling and sound and meaning, to make the rhyme, as in the lines ending with meet.'
From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Emma Marshall
I read the address in no unfriendly or hypercritic spirit, for none rejoice more than I in whatsoever contributes, even a little, to the luster of the Lone Star.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by William Cowper Brann
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