criticn.

Brit.

/ˈkrɪtɪk/, U.S.

/ˈkrɪdɪk/

Forms: 1500s crietick, 1500s critike, 1600s criticke, 1600s critique, 1600s crittick, 1600s–1700s critick, 1600s– critic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin criticus.

Etymology: < classical Latin criticus literary critic < ancient Greek κριτικός critical person, literary critic, use as noun of κριτικός , adjective (see critic adj.).Compare French critique person who makes judgements (1637), literary critic (1674). Compare also use of the Latin form in early modern English:1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. x. 307 You take vpon you to prescribe rules of translation, as though you were Prince of the Critici.1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxii. xi. 206 I am here forced even against my will to be after a sort Criticus..but to find out a truth.

1. Originally: a person who analyses, evaluates, and comments on literary texts; spec. a person skilled in textual or biblical criticism (cf. criticism n. 1b). Later also: a (professional) reviewer of books, art, theatre, or other creative works, or (more generally) of restaurants, wine, food, etc.In quot. 1587 also employing sense 2.See also art critic n., film critic n., literary critic n., music critic n., restaurant critic n., TV critic n., etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > criticism > critic or reviewer

critic1587

criticizera1680

connoisseur1719

connoisseurship1761

crita1845

art critic1847

art connoisseur1856

neo-critic1865

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > [noun] > critic

critic1587

criticizera1680

criticist1838

crita1845

1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. xi. 923 You woulde haue sayde, hee had beene Longinus the Critike (or one that giues his iudgement against euery body) and a Censor (or Master Controller) of the Romayne eloquence.

1597 A. Hartwell in tr. D. Lopes Rep. Kingdome of Congo To Rdr. sig. *2^v Some of our Critikes are so Criticall and so audacious, that when they publish any of the foresayd Triumuiri, or any other Classicall Author, they will transpose, and omit, and foyst into the Text many words and many conceytes, whereof the Author neuer dreamed.

1697 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris Introd. 7 To pass a Censure on all kinds of Writings, to shew their Excellencies and Defects, and especially to assign each..to their proper Authors, was the chief Province..of the Ancient Critics.

1780 S. Johnson Let. 27 July in Lett. to & from S. Johnson (1788) II. 170 Mrs. Cholmondely..told me, I was the best critick in the world; and I told her, that nobody in the world could judge like her of the merit of a critick.

1891 J. F. Harris Codex Bezae Pref. p. vii The textual critics of modern times have in certain directions overbuilt their foundations.

1980 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 15 May (Midwestern ed.) (Food section) 15 If the restaurant catches on, as some New York food critics say it will.., there is a possibility of a second restaurant in New York.

2003 Empire May 121/1 His performance..captivated audiences and critics and transformed him into teen star.

2. A person who expresses a considered judgement on something or someone; esp. one who expresses a harsh or unfavourable opinion; a criticizer, a fault-finder.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic

assailant1565

animadvertiser1596

critic1598

critist1602

animadversor1618

animadverter1642

reflector1681

reflecter1686

criticizer1710

dictioneer1848

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > person engaged in > often unfavourable

critic1598

critist1602

criticizer1710

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 171 I that haue been loues whip..A Crietick, nay a night-watch Constable.

1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion xlix. 86 Be Grave, but not Morose, nor too severe, Nor play the Critick, nor be apt to Jeer.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 5 How strangely some words lose their Primitive Sense! By a Critick, was originally understood a good Judge; with us now-a-days, it signifies no more than a Fault-finder.

1888 Critic (N.Y.) 7 Apr. 173/1 The severest critics of our public schools are those who never entered one.

1919 Spectator 13 Feb. (Life Insurance Suppl.) 23/2 Military critics agreed that Verdun must fall, and yet for months..the French held fast.

1950 R. Leeper When Greek meets Greek xii. 195 Our critics on the Left had got so much into the habit of denouncing us as reactionaries..that perhaps they had come to believe it.

2016 Independent (Nexis) 11 Nov. The author has been a vocal critic of the President-elect throughout his campaign.

Compounds

C1.

a. With other nouns, with the sense ‘that is both a critic and a —— ’, as in critic-dramatist, critic-poet, etc.

ΚΠ

1766 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested for Schools iv. ii. 267 Thus the same critic-poet, who ridicules its abuse..exemplifies its beauty.

1871 R. Browning Balaustion 168 So might..no Euripidean pathos plague Too much my critic-friend of Syracuse.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 29 Sept. 14/2 There have been murmurs..against the critic-dramatist.

1938 H. Read Coll. Ess. Lit. Crit. i. i. 17 When such a critic-poet attempts to probe down into such a fundamental question as the form and structure of poetry.

1957 H. Whitehall in N. Frye Sound & Poetry 135 The Polish critic-philosopher, Roman Ingarden.

2005 Business World (Nexis) 20 Apr. The critic-artist works on the human figure, rendered in the Abstract Expressionist idiom.

b. Combining with adjectives and past and present participles to form adjectives, as in critic-centred, critic-friendly, critic-pleasing, etc.

ΚΠ

1853 National Era (Washington) 27 Jan. 13/1 I do not mean this as an exordium to a criticism-contemning, critic-defying dissertation.

1965 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 11 40 Critic-centred comments on the text.

1988 Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois) 6 Feb. (Weekend Leisure section) 2/1 A plethora of radio-friendly and critic-friendly songs.

1989 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 9 Apr. The latest tome..is doing all sorts of critic-defying stunts on the best-seller lists.

2018 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 24 Nov. He is being hailed as a money-making, critic-pleasing, bona fide Bollywood star.

C2.

critic-proof adj. unaffected by, safe from, or able to withstand the attacks of critics.

ΚΠ

1731 M. Pilkington Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 147 Critic-proof you patiently can bear The various Plagues of Doubt, and Hope, and Fear.

1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. viii. 317 This tragedy was not critic-proof: it had its cracks and flaws and breaches, through which the enemy marched in triumphant.

2018 Gulf News (Nexis) 6 June His films are often critic-proof and defy bad press, with fans..thronging the cinemas to catch their favourite hero in action.

Derivatives

† ˈcritic-like adj. Obsolete characteristic of or resembling a critic.

ΚΠ

1680 Earl of Rochester et al. Poems 16 A great Inhabiter of the Pit; Where Critick-like, he sits and squints.

1797 R. Southey Let. 13 Mar. in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1849) I. v. 306 He has a most critic-like voice, as if he had snarled himself hoarse.

1855 ‘E. L. A. Berwick’ Dwarf I. xi. 188 I corrected, and repeated, and objected, in a very critic like fashion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

† criticadj.

Forms: Middle English cretic, Middle English cretik, Middle English cretyk, Middle English–1500s cretike, 1500s creticke, 1500s–1600s criticke, 1500s–1700s critique, 1600s–1700s critick, 1600s–1800s critic.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French cretique, critique; Latin criticus.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French cretique, Middle French, critique (French critique ) critical, decisive (mid 13th cent. in Anglo-Norman, and late 14th cent. in continental French, originally in medical use in jor cretique critical day), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin criticus (also creticus) (originally as a medical term) critical, decisive (5th cent.), of or relating to judgement (a1540) < ancient Greek κριτικός able to discern, critical, of or for judging, in Hellenistic Greek also decisive, critical < κριτός separated, chosen ( < κρίνειν to decide, judge (see crisis n.) + -τός , suffix forming verbal adjectives) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare later critical adj., which has superseded the present word.French critique is not paralleled in the senses ‘skilled in literary criticism’ and ‘fault-finding’ until later than in English (1667 and 1694, respectively). Compare Catalan crític (1460), Spanish crítico (mid 16th cent., earliest in medical use in días críticos), Portuguese crítico (c1543), Italian critico (late 13th cent.), and also Dutch kritisch (late 17th cent.), German kritisch (late 17th cent. as crittisch; also †critisch).

Obsolete.

1. Chiefly Medicine. Designating a day on which a crisis of a disease, or other decisive change for better or worse, occurs or is predicted (by astrological calculation) to occur; = critical adj. 1. Also (of a disease or medical condition): that is at a crisis or turning point.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [adjective] > critical

critic?c1400

judicial?1543

critical1556

decretory1577

decretorial1588

decretorian1679

the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [adjective] > conjunction > crisis

critic?c1400

critical1556

chrysmall1647

?c1400 ( H. Daniel Liber Uricrisiarum (Royal 17 D.i) (2020) ii. ii. f. 27 (MED) It passeth þe cretike daie & falleþ in þe nunciatif day after þe cretik day.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 41 (MED) More ouer cretic squinancie [L. squinantia cretica]] is suspecte for whi..Crisis with apostemez prefocatiuez i. stranglyng withoute doute is perilous.

?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe f. xliii If it [sc. jaundis] appere in the vj. daye (that is a daye iudiciall or cretike of the ague [Fr. le iour cretique de la fievure]).

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Cviij^v If euer sheild-shapt Comet was portent Of Criticke day, foule and pernitious.

1606 S. Daniel Queenes Arcadia iii. i. sig. E4^v Of Symptoms, Crisis, and the Critique dayes.

1687 G. L. Gentleman's New Jockey ii. iv. 209 These days are accounted such wherein are manifested Alterations in relation to Sickness or Health, Life or Death: And as for the Critick-day, it is ever principally to be observed after the beginning of the sickness, as the 3. 5. 7. 9. 11. 14. 17. 21. 28.

a. Of, relating to, or involving critical analysis or evaluation; of or relating to critics or criticism. Cf. critical adj. 7b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [adjective]

critical1584

critic1586

judicial1589

balancing1850

1586 E. Spenser in G. Harvey Foure Lett. (1592) 75 That sitting like a Looker-on Of this worldes Stage, doest note with critique pen The sharpe dislikes of each condition.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III i. iv. 87 A critic judgement is made by Experience and Prudence, and Reason or Discourse.

1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 41 Critic Learning flourish'd most in France.

1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 19 Matters historic, critic, analytic, and philologic.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cvii. 167 The critic clearness of an eye, That saw thro' all the Muses' walk.

b. That engages in or is skilled in the scholarly investigation of biblical or literary texts. Cf. critical adj. 7a.

ΚΠ

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. v. 67 Learned diuines and critick expositours.

1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 144 A criticke Scholiast vpon the Reuelation.

3. That passes judgement on a person or thing; esp. that forms or expresses a harsh or unfavourable opinion of a person or thing; that finds fault; censorious; = critical adj. 6.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective]

critical1565

critic1596

animadverting1606

skewing1702

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [adjective] > often unfavourable

critical1565

critic1596

commenting1711

1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B8^v Feare neither Theons tooth, nor Critique lookes.

1621 R. Johnson Way to Glory 25 That maintenance..is now in this criticke age called in question, whether God assigned it or no in his word.

a1667 A. Cowley Elegy on J. Littleton in Wks. (1711) III. 50 In's Body too, no Critique Eye could find The smallest Blemish.

1762 R. Lloyd Poems 199 Each letter'd, grave, pedantic dunce Wakes..And, being dull, looks wond'rous wise, With solemn phiz, and critic scowl.

1889 R. Browning Asolando (1890) 31 Once more he pries Into me with those critic eyes!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

criticv.

Brit.

/ˈkrɪtɪk/, U.S.

/ˈkrɪdɪk/

Inflections: Present participle criticking; past tense and past participle criticked;

Forms: 1600s criticke, 1600s 1900s– critic, 1600s–1700s critick.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: critic n.

Etymology: < critic n. Compare later criticize v., critique v.

1. intransitive. To analyse, evaluate, and comment on something, esp. literary texts or other creative works. Formerly also with on or upon.Only in occasional, ad hoc use after the 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > play the critic [verb (intransitive)]

critic1607

1607 T. Tomkis Lingua v. ix. sig. L2 Nay if you begin to criticke once, wee shal neuer haue done.

1629 J. Lightfoot Erubhin ii. 10 On which words I can criticke onely with deepe silence.

1690 W. Temple Ess. Anc. & Mod. Learning in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. (ed. 2) 4 Other sorts of Writings..do but trace over the Paths that have been beaten by the Ancients or Comment Critick and Flourish upon them.

1939 J. Ciardi Let. 25 Jan. in Sel. Lett. (1991) 10 I suppose I'm about to stick my head into the noose and start criticking. Forgive me—I'm a critic-aster at heart.

2020 @CarlRosman 29 July in twitter.com (accessed 30 July 2021) It's been a while since I professionally criticked (alas!) but I am SO up for this.

2. transitive. To pass judgement on (a person or thing); esp. to express a harsh or unfavourable opinion of (a person or thing); to criticize, censure. Now nonstandard.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)]

reprehendc1400

murmur1424

discommenda1500

belack1531

to find fault (with, at)c1540

scan?c1550

fault1563

pinch1567

to lift or move a lip1579

raign1581

reflect1605

criminate1645

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to get on to ——1895

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nitpick1956

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > discuss critically

examinec1384

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1697 K. Chetwood Life Virgil in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. **4^v Those who can Critick his Poetry, can never find a blemish in his Manners.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub 219 To Critick his Gate, and ridicule his Dress.

1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 307 'Tis playing the Pedant unseasonably to critick things.

1744 A. Pope Epist. to Several Persons ii. 29 As Helluo..Critick'd your wine, and analyz'd your meat.

2013 @_KennedyJohnsn 12 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 30 July 2021) Why do I feel like you always criticking my shit?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

n.1587

adj.?c1400

v.1607

单词	critic
释义	criticn. Brit. /ˈkrɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˈkrɪdɪk/ Forms: 1500s crietick, 1500s critike, 1600s criticke, 1600s critique, 1600s crittick, 1600s–1700s critick, 1600s– critic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin criticus. Etymology: < classical Latin criticus literary critic < ancient Greek κριτικός critical person, literary critic, use as noun of κριτικός , adjective (see critic adj.).Compare French critique person who makes judgements (1637), literary critic (1674). Compare also use of the Latin form in early modern English:1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. x. 307 You take vpon you to prescribe rules of translation, as though you were Prince of the Critici.1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxii. xi. 206 I am here forced even against my will to be after a sort Criticus..but to find out a truth. 1. Originally: a person who analyses, evaluates, and comments on literary texts; spec. a person skilled in textual or biblical criticism (cf. criticism n. 1b). Later also: a (professional) reviewer of books, art, theatre, or other creative works, or (more generally) of restaurants, wine, food, etc.In quot. 1587 also employing sense 2.See also art critic n., film critic n., literary critic n., music critic n., restaurant critic n., TV critic n., etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > criticism > critic or reviewer critic1587 criticizera1680 connoisseur1719 connoisseurship1761 crita1845 art critic1847 art connoisseur1856 neo-critic1865 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > [noun] > critic critic1587 criticizera1680 criticist1838 crita1845 1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. xi. 923 You woulde haue sayde, hee had beene Longinus the Critike (or one that giues his iudgement against euery body) and a Censor (or Master Controller) of the Romayne eloquence. 1597 A. Hartwell in tr. D. Lopes Rep. Kingdome of Congo To Rdr. sig. 2^v Some of our Critikes are so Criticall and so audacious, that when they publish any of the foresayd Triumuiri, or any other Classicall Author, they will transpose, and omit, and foyst into the Text many words and many conceytes, whereof the Author neuer dreamed. 1697 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris* Introd. 7 To pass a Censure on all kinds of Writings, to shew their Excellencies and Defects, and especially to assign each..to their proper Authors, was the chief Province..of the Ancient Critics. 1780 S. Johnson Let. 27 July in Lett. to & from S. Johnson (1788) II. 170 Mrs. Cholmondely..told me, I was the best critick in the world; and I told her, that nobody in the world could judge like her of the merit of a critick. 1891 J. F. Harris Codex Bezae Pref. p. vii The textual critics of modern times have in certain directions overbuilt their foundations. 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 15 May (Midwestern ed.) (Food section) 15 If the restaurant catches on, as some New York food critics say it will.., there is a possibility of a second restaurant in New York. 2003 Empire May 121/1 His performance..captivated audiences and critics and transformed him into teen star. 2. A person who expresses a considered judgement on something or someone; esp. one who expresses a harsh or unfavourable opinion; a criticizer, a fault-finder. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic assailant1565 animadvertiser1596 critic1598 critist1602 animadversor1618 animadverter1642 reflector1681 reflecter1686 criticizer1710 dictioneer1848 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [noun] > person engaged in > often unfavourable critic1598 critist1602 criticizer1710 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. 171 I that haue been loues whip..A Crietick, nay a night-watch Constable. View more context for this quotation 1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion xlix. 86 Be Grave, but not Morose, nor too severe, Nor play the Critick, nor be apt to Jeer. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 5 How strangely some words lose their Primitive Sense! By a Critick, was originally understood a good Judge; with us now-a-days, it signifies no more than a Fault-finder. 1888 Critic (N.Y.) 7 Apr. 173/1 The severest critics of our public schools are those who never entered one. 1919 Spectator 13 Feb. (Life Insurance Suppl.) 23/2 Military critics agreed that Verdun must fall, and yet for months..the French held fast. 1950 R. Leeper When Greek meets Greek xii. 195 Our critics on the Left had got so much into the habit of denouncing us as reactionaries..that perhaps they had come to believe it. 2016 Independent (Nexis) 11 Nov. The author has been a vocal critic of the President-elect throughout his campaign. Compounds C1. a. With other nouns, with the sense ‘that is both a critic and a —— ’, as in critic-dramatist, critic-poet, etc. ΚΠ 1766 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested for Schools iv. ii. 267 Thus the same critic-poet, who ridicules its abuse..exemplifies its beauty. 1871 R. Browning Balaustion 168 So might..no Euripidean pathos plague Too much my critic-friend of Syracuse. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 29 Sept. 14/2 There have been murmurs..against the critic-dramatist. 1938 H. Read Coll. Ess. Lit. Crit. i. i. 17 When such a critic-poet attempts to probe down into such a fundamental question as the form and structure of poetry. 1957 H. Whitehall in N. Frye Sound & Poetry 135 The Polish critic-philosopher, Roman Ingarden. 2005 Business World (Nexis) 20 Apr. The critic-artist works on the human figure, rendered in the Abstract Expressionist idiom. b. Combining with adjectives and past and present participles to form adjectives, as in critic-centred, critic-friendly, critic-pleasing, etc. ΚΠ 1853 National Era (Washington) 27 Jan. 13/1 I do not mean this as an exordium to a criticism-contemning, critic-defying dissertation. 1965 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 11 40 Critic-centred comments on the text. 1988 Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois) 6 Feb. (Weekend Leisure section) 2/1 A plethora of radio-friendly and critic-friendly songs. 1989 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 9 Apr. The latest tome..is doing all sorts of critic-defying stunts on the best-seller lists. 2018 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 24 Nov. He is being hailed as a money-making, critic-pleasing, bona fide Bollywood star. C2. critic-proof adj. unaffected by, safe from, or able to withstand the attacks of critics. ΚΠ 1731 M. Pilkington Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 147 Critic-proof you patiently can bear The various Plagues of Doubt, and Hope, and Fear. 1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. viii. 317 This tragedy was not critic-proof: it had its cracks and flaws and breaches, through which the enemy marched in triumphant. 2018 Gulf News (Nexis) 6 June His films are often critic-proof and defy bad press, with fans..thronging the cinemas to catch their favourite hero in action. Derivatives † ˈcritic-like adj. Obsolete characteristic of or resembling a critic. ΚΠ 1680 Earl of Rochester et al. Poems 16 A great Inhabiter of the Pit; Where Critick-like, he sits and squints. 1797 R. Southey Let. 13 Mar. in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1849) I. v. 306 He has a most critic-like voice, as if he had snarled himself hoarse. 1855 ‘E. L. A. Berwick’ Dwarf I. xi. 188 I corrected, and repeated, and objected, in a very critic like fashion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). † criticadj. Forms: Middle English cretic, Middle English cretik, Middle English cretyk, Middle English–1500s cretike, 1500s creticke, 1500s–1600s criticke, 1500s–1700s critique, 1600s–1700s critick, 1600s–1800s critic. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French cretique, critique; Latin criticus. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman and Middle French cretique, Middle French, critique (French critique ) critical, decisive (mid 13th cent. in Anglo-Norman, and late 14th cent. in continental French, originally in medical use in jor cretique critical day), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin criticus (also creticus) (originally as a medical term) critical, decisive (5th cent.), of or relating to judgement (a1540) < ancient Greek κριτικός able to discern, critical, of or for judging, in Hellenistic Greek also decisive, critical < κριτός separated, chosen ( < κρίνειν to decide, judge (see crisis n.) + -τός , suffix forming verbal adjectives) + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare later critical adj., which has superseded the present word.French critique is not paralleled in the senses ‘skilled in literary criticism’ and ‘fault-finding’ until later than in English (1667 and 1694, respectively). Compare Catalan crític (1460), Spanish crítico (mid 16th cent., earliest in medical use in días críticos), Portuguese crítico (c1543), Italian critico (late 13th cent.), and also Dutch kritisch (late 17th cent.), German kritisch (late 17th cent. as crittisch; also †critisch). Obsolete. 1. Chiefly Medicine. Designating a day on which a crisis of a disease, or other decisive change for better or worse, occurs or is predicted (by astrological calculation) to occur; = critical adj. 1. Also (of a disease or medical condition): that is at a crisis or turning point. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [adjective] > critical critic?c1400 judicial?1543 critical1556 decretory1577 decretorial1588 decretorian1679 the world > the universe > planet > position of planet > aspect > [adjective] > conjunction > crisis critic?c1400 critical1556 chrysmall1647 ?c1400 ( H. Daniel Liber Uricrisiarum (Royal 17 D.i) (2020) ii. ii. f. 27 (MED) It passeth þe cretike daie & falleþ in þe nunciatif day after þe cretik day. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 41 (MED) More ouer cretic squinancie [L. squinantia cretica]] is suspecte for whi..Crisis with apostemez prefocatiuez i. stranglyng withoute doute is perilous. ?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe f. xliii If it [sc. jaundis] appere in the vj. daye (that is a daye iudiciall or cretike of the ague [Fr. le iour cretique de la fievure]). 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Cviij^v If euer sheild-shapt Comet was portent Of Criticke day, foule and pernitious. 1606 S. Daniel Queenes Arcadia iii. i. sig. E4^v Of Symptoms, Crisis, and the Critique dayes. 1687 G. L. Gentleman's New Jockey ii. iv. 209 These days are accounted such wherein are manifested Alterations in relation to Sickness or Health, Life or Death: And as for the Critick-day, it is ever principally to be observed after the beginning of the sickness, as the 3. 5. 7. 9. 11. 14. 17. 21. 28. 2. a. Of, relating to, or involving critical analysis or evaluation; of or relating to critics or criticism. Cf. critical adj. 7b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [adjective] critical1584 critic1586 judicial1589 balancing1850 1586 E. Spenser in G. Harvey Foure Lett. (1592) 75 That sitting like a Looker-on Of this worldes Stage, doest note with critique pen The sharpe dislikes of each condition. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III i. iv. 87 A critic judgement is made by Experience and Prudence, and Reason or Discourse. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 41 Critic Learning flourish'd most in France. 1834 Fraser's Mag. 10 19 Matters historic, critic, analytic, and philologic. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cvii. 167 The critic clearness of an eye, That saw thro' all the Muses' walk. View more context for this quotation b. That engages in or is skilled in the scholarly investigation of biblical or literary texts. Cf. critical adj. 7a. ΚΠ 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. v. 67 Learned diuines and critick expositours. 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 144 A criticke Scholiast vpon the Reuelation. 3. That passes judgement on a person or thing; esp. that forms or expresses a harsh or unfavourable opinion of a person or thing; that finds fault; censorious; = critical adj. 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] critical1565 critic1596 animadverting1606 skewing1702 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [adjective] > often unfavourable critical1565 critic1596 commenting1711 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B8^v Feare neither Theons tooth, nor Critique lookes. 1621 R. Johnson Way to Glory 25 That maintenance..is now in this criticke age called in question, whether God assigned it or no in his word. a1667 A. Cowley Elegy on J. Littleton in Wks. (1711) III. 50 In's Body too, no Critique Eye could find The smallest Blemish. 1762 R. Lloyd Poems 199 Each letter'd, grave, pedantic dunce Wakes..And, being dull, looks wond'rous wise, With solemn phiz, and critic scowl. 1889 R. Browning Asolando (1890) 31 Once more he pries Into me with those critic eyes! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). criticv. Brit. /ˈkrɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˈkrɪdɪk/ Inflections: Present participle criticking; past tense and past participle criticked; Forms: 1600s criticke, 1600s 1900s– critic, 1600s–1700s critick. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: critic n. Etymology: < critic n. Compare later criticize v., critique v. 1. intransitive. To analyse, evaluate, and comment on something, esp. literary texts or other creative works. Formerly also with on or upon.Only in occasional, ad hoc use after the 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > play the critic [verb (intransitive)] critic1607 1607 T. Tomkis Lingua v. ix. sig. L2 Nay if you begin to criticke once, wee shal neuer haue done. 1629 J. Lightfoot Erubhin ii. 10 On which words I can criticke onely with deepe silence. 1690 W. Temple Ess. Anc. & Mod. Learning in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. (ed. 2) 4 Other sorts of Writings..do but trace over the Paths that have been beaten by the Ancients or Comment Critick and Flourish upon them. 1939 J. Ciardi Let. 25 Jan. in Sel. Lett. (1991) 10 I suppose I'm about to stick my head into the noose and start criticking. Forgive me—I'm a critic-aster at heart. 2020 @CarlRosman 29 July in twitter.com (accessed 30 July 2021) It's been a while since I professionally criticked (alas!) but I am SO up for this. 2. transitive. To pass judgement on (a person or thing); esp. to express a harsh or unfavourable opinion of (a person or thing); to criticize, censure. Now nonstandard. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] reprehendc1400 murmur1424 discommenda1500 belack1531 to find fault (with, at)c1540 scan?c1550 fault1563 pinch1567 to lift or move a lip1579 raign1581 reflect1605 criminate1645 criticize1652 nick1668 critic1697 chop1712 stricture1851 to get on to ——1895 chip1898 rap1899 nitpick1956 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > discuss critically examinec1384 peruse?1520 criticize1621 critize1631 criticize1660 critic1697 1697 K. Chetwood Life Virgil in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. *4^v Those who can Critick his Poetry, can never find a blemish in his Manners. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub* 219 To Critick his Gate, and ridicule his Dress. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 307 'Tis playing the Pedant unseasonably to critick things. 1744 A. Pope Epist. to Several Persons ii. 29 As Helluo..Critick'd your wine, and analyz'd your meat. 2013 @_KennedyJohnsn 12 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 30 July 2021) Why do I feel like you always criticking my shit? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1587adj.?c1400v.1607
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