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hypercritics

hypercritics is the plural of hypercritic.

Meaning of hypercritic

Noun

hypercritic (plural hypercritics)

  1. 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...

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Questions about hypercritics

What is hypercritics the plural of?
Hypercritics is the plural of hypercritic.

Words near hypercritics in the dictionary

  1. hypercriticized
  2. hypercriticizes
  3. hypercriticizing
  4. hypercritick
  5. hypercriticks
  6. hypercritics
  7. hypercrosslinked
  8. hypercrystalline
  9. hypercube
  10. hypercubes
  11. hypercubic

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