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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* 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://wordsmith.org/words/ultracrepidarian.html | * https://wordsmith.org/words/ultracrepidarian.html | ||