ultracrepidarian
[ uhl-truh-krep-i-dair-ee-uh n ]
/ ˌʌl trəˌkrɛp ɪˈdɛər i ən /
adjective
noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.
noun
an ultracrepidarian person.
Nearby words
- ultra-distance,
- ultrabasic,
- ultracentrifuge,
- ultraclean,
- ultraconservative,
- ultracritical,
- ultradian,
- ultrafast,
- ultrafiche,
- ultrafilter
Origin of ultracrepidarian
1800–20; ultra- + Latin crepidam ‘sole of a shoe, sandal’ (< Greek krepis ‘shoe’); in allusion to the words of Pliny the Elder ne supra crepidam sutor judicare ‘let the cobbler not judge above the sandal’; cf. the English proverb “let the cobbler stick to his last”
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