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单词 ultra-crepidarian
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ultra-crepidarianadj.n.

Brit. /ˌʌltrəkrɛpᵻˈdɛːrɪən/, U.S. /ˌəltrəˌkrɛpəˈdɛriən/
Etymology: < the Latin phrase ultrā crepidam ‘beyond the sole’ in allusion to the reply of Apelles to the cobbler. The form in which the reply is given by Pliny ( Hist. World xxxv. x. §36) is ne supra crepidam judicaret. Valerius Maximus ( viii. xii. 3) expresses it by supra plantam ascendere vetuit.
A. adj.
Going beyond one's proper province; giving opinions on matters beyond one's knowledge.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > unwarranted or unjustifiable > giving opinions beyond one's knowledge
ultra-crepidarian1819
1819 W. Hazlitt Letter to W. Gifford in Wks. (1902) I. 368 You have been well called an Ultra-Crepidarian critic.
1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. vi. 143 The last sort I shall mention are verbal critics—mere word-catchers. [Note] The title of Ultra-Crepidarian critics has been given to a variety of this species.
1832 Examiner 662/1 He takes a fancy to teach that ‘Ultra-crepidarian Critic’ his own theory.
1872 F. Hall Rec. Exempl. False Philol. 112 His assumption of judicial assessorship, as a critic of English, is, therefore, to borrow a word from Hazlitt, altogether ultra-crepidarian.
B. n.
One who ventures beyond his scope; an ignorant or presumptuous critic.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undue or unwarrantable > expression of opinions beyond one's knowledge > one who
ultracrepidast1640
ultra-crepidarian1825
1825 T. L. Beddoes Let. Jan. in Wks. (1935) 595 The fatal dowry has been cobbled, I see, by some purblind ultracrepidarian.
1831 Q. Rev. 44 77 Two of these ultra-crepidarians are included in Mr. Southey's present chapter of chronicles.

Derivatives

ultracrepiˈdarianism n.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undue or unwarrantable > expression of opinions beyond one's knowledge
ultracrepidation1800
ultracrepidizing1837
ultracrepidarianisma1876
a1876 M. Collins Pen Sketches (1879) I. 242 A brochure on The Laws of Verse, which is curious as exemplifying what a great wit called ‘ultracrepidarianism’.
ultraˈcrepidast n. = B. above. Obsolete. rare.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undue or unwarrantable > expression of opinions beyond one's knowledge > one who
ultracrepidast1640
ultra-crepidarian1825
1640 J. Henshaw Horæ Succisivæ (ed. 5) ii. Ep. Ded. 1 I cannot but condemne those ultra-crepitasts [sic] that, with Festus, will teach Saint Paul divinity.
ultra-ˈcrepidate v. (intransitive) to venture beyond one's scope.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper [verb (intransitive)] > give opinions beyond one's knowledge
ultra-crepidate1800
1800 S. T. Coleridge in Sir H. Davy's Rem. (1858) 78 I was a well-meaning sutor who had ultra-crepidated with more zeal than wisdom.
1882 Farrar in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 374 It is always dangerous, as Coleridge phrased it, to ultra-crepidate.
ultracrepiˈdation n. the action or fact of criticizing ignorantly.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undue or unwarrantable > expression of opinions beyond one's knowledge
ultracrepidation1800
ultracrepidizing1837
ultracrepidarianisma1876
1800 S. T. Coleridge in Sir H. Davy's Rem. (1858) 83 All this is ultra crepidation.
ultraˈcrepidizing n. = ultracrepidation n.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undue or unwarrantable > expression of opinions beyond one's knowledge
ultracrepidation1800
ultracrepidizing1837
ultracrepidarianisma1876
1837 S. R. Maitland 6 Lett. Fox's A. & M. p. ix There is among the infinity of anonymous writing, compiling, concocting,..so much pretence (if I may make a word.., so much ultracrepidizing) that [etc.].
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