Ultracrepidarian: Difference between revisions

Created page with "==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.wiki..."
 
 
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==English==
==English==
'''ultracrepidarian'''


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
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====Quotations====
====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''   
* 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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* https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ultracrepidarian
* https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ultracrepidarian
* https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ultracrepidarian
* https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ultracrepidarian
* https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=50483
* https://wordsmith.org/words/ultracrepidarian.html
* https://wordsmith.org/words/ultracrepidarian.html