Criticaster

Quick meaning: Criticaster is a noun meaning A petty or charlatan critic.

Meaning

A petty or charlatan critic.

Example Sentences

[T]he whys & the wherefores, that's so much waffle for the judges with their black caps & powdered wigs, for the criticasters & their like: guilt, sin, motivation, inspiration, what is good, what is bad—who knows?

[H]e rather overdoes it, and so puzzles his enemies in the play, and certain German criticasters and English mad doctors in the closet, and does not puzzle his bosom friend in the play one bit, nor the pit for whom he was created.

Word Forms

• criticasters

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include criticizer, critic, critique, book-answerer, politicaster, reviewer.

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