Meanings
nounhypercritic (plural hypercritics)
plural hypercritics · alternative hypercritick
- A carping or unduly censorious critic.
'Tis worth our conſideration, a little to examine how much theſe Hypercritiques of Engliſh Poetry, differ from the opinion of the Greek and Latine Judges of Antiquity: […]
1674 (date written), John Dryden, “The Authors Apology for Heroique Poetry; and Poetique Licence”, in The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man: An Opera. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1677, →OCLC, page 22
adjectivehypercritic (comparative more hypercritic, superlative most hypercritic)
comparative more hypercritic · superlative most hypercritic · alternative hypercritick
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Hellenic*hupér
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
- Englishhyper-
- Englishcritic
- Englishhypercritic
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APA
hypercritic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypercritic
MLA
“hypercritic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypercritic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypercritic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypercritic.
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