单词 | criticizer |
释义 | criticizern. 1. A person who analyses, evaluates, and comments on the qualities and character of literary texts or other works; (in early use) spec. a person skilled in textual or biblical criticism. Now rare. figurative in quot. a1680. 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 a1680 S. Charnock Wks. (1684) I. 286 He is therefore called a discerner or criticizer of the Heart. 1693 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. I. xii. 378 If it be true what this Criticizer mentions, and attempts to prove out of Origen, that Iosephus had before this writ against Christ. a1730 A. Blackwall Sacred Classics (1731) II. iii. 265 Pert criticisers and saucy correctors of the original. 1891 Chinese Recorder & Missionary Jrnl. Sept. 399 If the foreigner is indispensable as a Bible instructor, he is also indispensable as a sermon criticiser. 1993 Jrnl. Adv. Composition 13 57 When we see those clumps of names at the bottom of Time magazine articles, we know that some of the people were editors and criticizers and others were gatherers and draft writers. 2. A person who passes judgement on someone or something, esp. one who expresses a harsh or unfavourable opinion; 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 1710 tr. P. Bayle Hist. & Crit. Dict. I. 784/2 It would be very difficult at present, to judge which are most in the right; the Criticisers of Virgil, or his Advocate A. Gellius. 1799 Ann. Reg. 1794 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 35/2 Severe criticisers of the conduct of the allies. 1874 E. A. Biggs Waiting for Tidings II. xi. 262 He knew she had been a fool..and he could not but be an unintentional censor and criticiser of her life. 1939 Nottingham Evening Post 10 Feb. 5/2 The grumblers, criticisers and professional snipers. 2017 Columbia Spectator (Columbia Univ, N.Y.) (Nexis) 19 Feb. (headline) 1 What criticizers of free speech get wrong. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.a1680 |
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