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HYPERCRI’TICK. n.s.

Published April 17, 2009 H 1 Comment

hypercritick-ns

HYPERCRI’TICK. n.s. [hypercritique, Fr. υπερ and χριτιχος.]
A critick exact or captious beyond use or reason.
Those hypercriticks in English poetry differ from the opi-
nion of the Greek and Latin judges of antiquity, from the Ita-
lians and French, and from the general taste of all ages. Dryd.

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