Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

criticaster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crit-i-cas-t-er
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A petty or charlatan critic.

Example Sentences

"[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."
"[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?"

Etymology

From critic + -aster.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: critic

Inflected Forms

criticasters (plural)

Derived Forms

criticasterism criticastry

Rhymes With

master faster disaster pastor plaster headmaster castor caster blaster aster alabaster remaster

Questions

What does criticaster mean?: A petty or charlatan critic.
Where does criticaster come from?: From critic + -aster.

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