critic
English
Alternative forms
- critick (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French critique, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίνω (krínō, “I judge”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪtɪk
Noun
critic (plural critics)
- A person who appraises the works of others.
- 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, OCLC 30956848:
- The opinion of the most skilful critics was, that nothing finer [than Goldsmith's Traveller] had appeared in verse since the fourth book of the Dunciad.
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- A specialist in judging works of art.
- One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
- 1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], OCLC 723474632:
- When an author has many beauties consistent with virtue, piety, and truth, let not little critics exalt themselves, and shower down their ill nature.
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- An opponent.
- Obsolete form of critique (an act of criticism)
- 1709, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W. Lewis […], published 1711, OCLC 15810849:
- Make each day a Critick on the last.
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- Obsolete form of critique (the art of criticism)
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 21, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242, book IV, page 550:
- And, perhaps, if they were distinctly weighed, and duly considered, they would afford us another sort of logic and critic, than what we have been hitherto acquainted with.
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Derived terms
- armchair critic
- criticess
- inner critic
Related terms
- crisis
- criterion
- critical
- critically
- critical mass
- criticism
- criticize/ criticise
- critique
Translations
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Verb
critic (third-person singular simple present critics, present participle criticking, simple past and past participle criticked)
- (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To criticise.
- 1607, Antony Brewer (attributed), Lingua, or the Combat of the Five Senses for Superiority
- Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done.
- 1607, Antony Brewer (attributed), Lingua, or the Combat of the Five Senses for Superiority
Anagrams
- citric
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English critique, from French critique, from New Latin critica (“critique”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈcɾʲɪtʲɪc/
Noun
critic f (genitive singular critice, nominative plural criticí)
- critique
- Synonym: beachtaíocht
- criticism
- Synonym: criticeas, léirmheastóireacht
Declension
Second declension
Bare forms
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Derived terms
- criticeas (“criticism”)
- criticeoir (“critic”)
- critic foirme (“form criticism”)
- criticiúil (“critical”, adjective)
- critic liteartha (“literary criticism”)
- critic na díthógála (“deconstructive criticism”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
critic | chritic | gcritic |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “critic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “critic” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Ladin
Adjective
critic m pl
- masculine plural of critich
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French critique and Latin criticus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkri.tik/
Noun
critic m (plural critici)
- critic
Adjective
critic m or n (feminine singular critică, masculine plural critici, feminine and neuter plural critice)
- critical
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | critic | critică | critici | critice | ||
definite | criticul | critica | criticii | criticele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | critic | critice | critici | critice | ||
definite | criticului | criticei | criticilor | criticelor |