单词 | ultra-crepidarian |
释义 | ultra-crepidarianadj.n. A. adj. Going beyond one's proper province; giving opinions on matters beyond one's knowledge. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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’. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1640 |
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