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单词 critickin
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critickinn.

Brit. /ˈkrɪtᵻkkɪn/, U.S. /ˈkrɪdᵻkˌkɪn/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: critic n., -kin suffix.
Etymology: < critic n. + -kin suffix. Compare earlier criticaster n., criticling n., and later criticule n.
rare.
An insignificant or mediocre critic. Cf. criticling n., criticule n.
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1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 313 Mr. Critickin,—for as there is a diminutive for cat, so should there be for critic,—I defy you!
1840 Yale Lit. Mag. Dec. 45 Let not critic or critickin, who values his own reputation, now sneer at Coleridge and Coleridgeisms.
1938 M. Summers Gothic Quest i. 53 The qualms and dislike of certain critickins, who with all their scraping can find nothing to bolster their hypothesis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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