criteriumn.
/krʌɪˈtɪərɪəm/ Latinized form of Greek κριτήριον criterion n., occasionally used in English.
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rulec1384
meteyard?1531
touchstone?1531
plumb line1551
plummet1553
metewanda1568
touch1581
stone of touch1604
criterion1622
scale1626
criteriuma1631
measure1641
judge1642
criterie1660
foot-rule1662
mark1765
point of reference1772
metera1825
reference point1849
yardstick1869
benchmark1884
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 356 This is our Criterium, and onely this; hereby we know it.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §62 170 It ever was and will be a certain Criterium of Truth, to be easy..clear and intelligible.
1845 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. II. 13 There is no criterium of truth.
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