criticaster

[ krit-i-kas-ter ]

noun

1. an incompetent critic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of criticaster¹

First recorded in 1675–85; critic + -aster ¹

Example Sentences

Perhaps the ability to take an intense delight in another man's work, and the willingness to express this delight frankly and fully, are two of the characteristics of the true critic; of a certainty they are the characteristics most frequently absent in the criticaster.

From Project Gutenberg

This is a sort of criticaster's view of Britain's two decades between wars.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whatever Auslander is, Benet is a criticaster!

From Time Magazine Archive

Of course it cuts me to the heart to show that my criticaster was thoroughly ignorant of the very meaning of the word that he used—a word which is the name of a principle of paramount importance and significance in the art of music, which, I believe, he in some sort professes.

From Project Gutenberg

But what did this matter to the criticaster?

From Project Gutenberg