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Critic
CRITIC, n. [Gr., a judge or discerner, to judge, to separate, to distinguish. See Crime.]
1. A person skilled in judging of the merit of literary works; one who is able to discern and distinguish the beauties and faults of writing. In a more general sense, a person skilled in judging with propriety of any combination of objects, or of any work of art; and particularly of what are denominated the Fine Arts. A critic is one who, from experience, knowledge, habit or taste, can perceive the difference between propriety and impropriety, in objects or works presented to his view; between the natural and unnatural; the high and the low, or lofty and mean; the congruous and incongruous; the correct and incorrect, according to the established rules of the art.
2. An examiner; a judge.
And make each day a critic on the last.
3. One who judges with severity; one who censures or finds fault.
CRITIC, a. Critical; relating to criticism, or the art of judging of the merit of a literary performance or discourse, or of any work in the fine arts. [See Critical.]
CRITIC, v.i. To criticise; to play the critic. [Little used.]
critic appears in definitions for these words:
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Achor Adonists Animadversion Animadvert Animadverting Archcritic Assail Astute Attack Attacking Biblical Captious Censorious Climacter Climacteric Conjuncture Connoisseur Controvertist Correction Credit Critic Critical Critically Criticalness Criticise Criticism Critique Decretory Discretion Dissection Distinguish Fire Former Generous Hypercrit-icism Hypercritic Hypercritical Jehovist Juncture Justice Mark Methodize Minute Minuteness Nick Odd Partial Persuade Philologize Philology Popular Preference Principally Propension Pudding-time Reading Reality Remark Review Reviewed Reviewer Reviewing Rigid Rigidly Rigor Sagacious Scan Scandalously Scanned Scanning Scrutable Scrutinize Scrutinizer Scrutiny Scurtinizing Severe Sift Sifted Sifting Snug Spite Stricture Strong Talent Test Theologic Ticklish Ticklishness Uncritical Unsearched Unsifted Verbal Violence Virtuoso Your
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