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crit⋅ic⋅as⋅ter

   [krit-i-kas-ter]
–noun
an incompetent critic.
Origin:
1675–85; critic + -aster 1
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crit·ic·as·ter     (krĭt'ĭ-kās'tər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A petty or inferior critic.

[critic + Latin -aster, pejorative suff.]
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Criticaster

Crit"ic*as`ter\ (kr[i^]t"[i^]k*[a^]s`t[til]r), n. A contemptible or vicious critic.

The rancorous and reptile crew of poeticules, who decompose into criticasters. --Swinburne.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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