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Definition of Hypercritic
1. n. One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor.
2. a. Hypercritical.
Definition of Hypercritic
1. Noun. A carping or unduly censorious critic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypercritic
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypercritic
Literary usage of Hypercritic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1894)
"If the hypercritic will go upon this, and is resolved after all to take a ...
If my hypercritic is untractable,—alleging that two minutes and thirteen ..."
2. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong by Alfred Ayres (1882)
"the hypercritic may exclaim, ' incorrect ! and according to the rules of ...
the hypercritic may shout, ' grammar is a science ; you may be wrong in its ..."
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