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ultra-crepiˈdarian, a. and n.
[f. the Latin phrase ultrā crepidam ‘beyond the sole’ in allusion to the reply of Apelles to the cobbler.
The form in which the reply is given by Pliny (Nat. Hist. xxxv. x. §36) is ne supra crepidam judicaret. Valerius Maximus (viii. xii. 3) expresses it by supra plantam ascendere vetuit.]
A. adj. Going beyond one's proper province; giving opinions on matters beyond one's knowledge.
1819Hazlitt Letter to W. Gifford Wks. 1902 I. 368 You have been well called an Ultra-Crepidarian critic. 1822― Table-T. II. vi. 143 The last sort I shall mention are verbal critics—mere word-catchers. [Note] The title of Ultra-Crepidarian critics has been given to a variety of this species. 1832Examiner 662/1 He takes a fancy to teach that ‘Ultra-crepidarian Critic’ his own theory. 1872F. Hall Rec. Exemplif. False Philol. 112 His assumption of judicial assessorship, as a critic of English, is, therefore, to borrow a word from Hazlitt, altogether ultra-crepidarian.
B. n. One who ventures beyond his scope; an ignorant or presumptuous critic.
1825Beddoes Let. in Poems (1851) p. xxxviii, The ‘Fatal Dowry’ has been cobbled, I see, by some purblind ultra-crepidarian. 1831Q. Rev. XLIV. 77 Two of these ultra-crepidarians are included in Mr. Southey's present chapter of chronicles.
Hence ultracrepiˈdarianism. † ultraˈcrepidast, = B. above. Obs. rare—1. ultra-ˈcrepidate v. intr., to venture beyond one's scope. ultracrepiˈdation, -ˈcrepidizing, the action or fact of criticizing ignorantly.
1640Henshaw Horæ Succ. ii. Ep. Ded. 1, I cannot but condemne those ultra-crepitasts [sic] that, with Festus, will teach Saint Paul divinity. 1800Coleridge in Sir H. Davy's Rem. (1858) 78, I was a well-meaning sutor who had ultra-crepidated with more zeal than wisdom. Ibid. 83 All this is ultra crepidation. 1837S. R. Maitland 6 Lett. Fox's A. & M. p. ix, There is among the infinity of anonymous writing, compiling, concocting,..so much pretence (if I may make a word.., so much ultracrepidizing) that [etc.]. a1876M. Collins Pen Sketches by Vanished Hand (1879) I. 242 A brochure on The Laws of Verse, which is curious as exemplifying what a great wit called ‘ultracrepidarianism’. 1882Farrar in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 374 It is always dangerous, as Coleridge phrased it, to ultra-crepidate. |