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ultracrepidate

ultracrepidate verb: to venture beyond one's competence or purview.

Verb

ultracrepidate (third-person singular simple present ultracrepidates, present participle ultracrepidating, simple past and past participle ultracrepidated)

  1. to venture beyond one's competence or purview
    • The new editor has a lot to learn and should be anxious not to ultracrepidate.

Forms of ultracrepidate

third-person singular presentultracrepidates
present participleultracrepidating
past participleultracrepidated
pastultracrepidated

Origin of ultracrepidate

From the Latin phrase ultra crepidam ("beyond the sandal"). An allusion to the response of the Greek painter Apelles to a cobbler's criticism, as recorded by Pliny the Elder.

Questions about ultracrepidate

What does ultracrepidate mean?
Ultracrepidate means to venture beyond one's competence or purview.
What part of speech is ultracrepidate?
Ultracrepidate is a verb.
What is the past tense of ultracrepidate?
The past tense of ultracrepidate is ultracrepidated.

Words near ultracrepidate in the dictionary

  1. ultracosmopolitan
  2. ultracredulous
  3. ultracrepidarian
  4. ultracrepidarianism
  5. ultracrepidarians
  6. ultracrepidate
  7. ultracrepidated
  8. ultracrepidates
  9. ultracrepidating
  10. ultracrisp
  11. ultracrispy

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