单词 | ultracrepidarian |
释义 | ultracrepidarian[ uhl-truh-krep-i-dair-ee-uhn ] / ˌʌl trəˌkrɛp ɪˈdɛər i ən / adjectivenoting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise: The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law. nounan ultracrepidarian person. Origin of ultracrepidarianFirst recorded in 1800–20; from Latin ultrā crepidam (also suprā crepidam ) “above the sole, beyond the sole,” from adverb and preposition ultrā (see origin at ultra-) + Latin crepidam (accusative singular of crepida ) “sole of a shoe, shoe, sandal” (re-formed from Greek krēpîd-, stem of krēpís “man's high boot, half boot, shoe”) + -arian; in allusion to Pliny the Elder's adaptation of the retort that the Greek painter Apelles (360?–315? b.c.) made to a cobbler who was critiquing Apelles' work, nē suprā crepidam sūtor jūdicāre “let the cobbler not judge above the sandal”; cf. the English proverb “let the cobbler stick to his last” OTHER WORDS FROM ultracrepidarianul·tra·crep·i·dar·i·an·ism, nounWords nearby ultracrepidarianultra, ultrabasic, ultracentrifuge, ultraclean, ultraconservative, ultracrepidarian, ultracritical, ultradian, ultra-distance, ultrafast, ultrafiche Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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