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单词 criticule
释义

criticulen.

Brit. /ˈkrɪtᵻkjuːl/, U.S. /ˈkrɪdəˌkjul/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: critic n., -ule suffix.
Etymology: < critic n. + -ule suffix. Compare earlier criticaster n., critickin n., criticling n.Compare post-classical Latin criticulus mediocre critic (a1540).
An insignificant or mediocre critic. Cf. critickin n., criticling n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > [noun] > critic > petty or inferior
criticaster1669
criticling1756
criticule1840
1840 London Mag. Feb. 27/1 Byron, who lived somewhere in the dark ages, and whom certain infitesimal [sic] criticules imagined a poet.
1889 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 48 97/1 The criticule whose callowness I have scrutinized.
1973 V. Nabokov Strong Opinions (1990) xx. 194 Neither they nor, of course, the common criticule discerned the structural knot of the story.
1998 R. Stacey Source/derivations 94 The inscriptions that give theory-hooked criticules something to chew on.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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