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	* 1819 — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hazlitt William Hazlitt], ''A Letter to William Gifford, Esq.''
	~~: “You have been well called an '''Ultra-Crepidarian''' critic.”~~

	* 1933 — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellery_Queen Ellery Queen], ''The American Gun Mystery''		* 1933 — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellery_Queen Ellery Queen], ''The American Gun Mystery''
	: “Inspector Queen was the only person in New York who might be called, without intent to malign, an '''ultracrepidarian''' critic.”		: “Inspector Queen was the only person in New York who might be called, without intent to malign, an '''ultracrepidarian''' critic.”

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	==English==		==English==

	~~'''ultracrepidarian'''~~

	===Etymology===		===Etymology===

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==English==

'''ultracrepidarian'''

===Etymology===
The term is attributed to [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126596 William Hazlitt], who used it in a letter to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gifford William Gifford] (see quotation below).

It derives from the Latin proverb ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne_supra_crepidam ne supra crepidam]'' or ''ne ultra crepidam'' meaning “not beyond the sandal.”

The phrase originates from a story in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece ancient Greece] concerning the painter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apelles Apelles]. According to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder Pliny the Elder] in ''[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0137 Natural History]'', Apelles displayed his paintings publicly and secretly listened to criticism.

A shoemaker correctly pointed out an error in the straps of a ''crepida'' (a type of Greek sandal). When the shoemaker then began criticizing other aspects of the painting, Apelles reportedly told him to limit his criticism to the shoes.

Thus the proverb: a cobbler should not judge beyond the sandal.

===Katakana Transliteration===
* ウルトラクレピダリアン (Urutorakurepidarian)

===Adjective===
'''ultracrepidarian''' (comparative ''more ultracrepidarian'', superlative ''most ultracrepidarian'')

# Giving opinions on matters beyond one's knowledge or expertise; speaking authoritatively about subjects one does not understand.

====Quotations====
* 1819 — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hazlitt William Hazlitt], ''A Letter to William Gifford, Esq.''
: “You have been well called an '''Ultra-Crepidarian''' critic.”

* 1933 — [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellery_Queen Ellery Queen], ''The American Gun Mystery''
: “Inspector Queen was the only person in New York who might be called, without intent to malign, an '''ultracrepidarian''' critic.”

* 2010 — Richard A. Lanham, ''The Electronic Word: Democracy, Technology, and the Arts''
: “Suitably daunted by '''ultracrepidarian''' angst, I record here some tentative readings…”

===Noun===
'''ultracrepidarian''' (plural ''ultracrepidarians'')

# A person who offers opinions or criticism on matters beyond their knowledge or expertise.

===Derived terms===
* '''ultracrepidarianism'''

===Related expressions===
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cobbler,_stick_to_your_last cobbler, stick to your last]

===Further reading===
* [https://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-ult1.htm World Wide Words: Ultracrepidarian]
* [https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=50483 Language Log — “Ultracrepidarian”]

===See Also===
* https://www.dictionary.video/explain/ultracrepidarian.html
* https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ultracrepidarian
* https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ultracrepidarian
* https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=50483
* https://wordsmith.org/words/ultracrepidarian.html

[[Category:English adjectives]]
[[Category:English nouns]]
[[Category:Pejorative terms]]
[[Category:People]]

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	* https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=50483
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