| 单词 | zoilist |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈZoilist ˈZoilist n. an imitator of Zoilus, a carping critic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > captious plucker-atc1500 pick-fault1544 pick mote1549 trip-taker1556 mome1563 Momus1563 Zoilus1565 find-fault1567 caviller1574 carper1579 sheep-biter?1589 Zoilist1594 momist1597 word-catcher1659 knocker1898 crabber1909 kvetch1936 tearer-downer1942 nitpicker1951 kvetcher1968 1594 T. Nashe Christs Teares (new ed.) To Rdr. The ploddinger sort of vnlearned Zoilists about London, exclaim, that it is a puft-up stile. 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. Pref. p. xxvii Some prevaricating Zoilist will arraign my Hypothesis. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 87 Polydore Virgil, Dr. John Cay, with other Zoilists, reported that his Poetical Wit made him so conceited. a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 75 The same class of fastidious wits who in France became Zoilists, in England were the stoutest stickers to Homer. < as lemmas |
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