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critic
UK /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk/ US /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk/
noun 5verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
A person who appraises the works of others.
Following its publication, the novel received widespread acclaim from literary critics.
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.
2
A specialist in judging works of art.
3
One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
When an author has many beauties consistent with virtue, piety, and truth, let not little critics exalt themselves, and shower down their ill nature.
4
An opponent.
5
Obsolete form of critique (“an act of criticism”).
Make each day a Critick on the last.
verb
1
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.
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