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Etymology
From the Latin Aristarchus, from the Ancient Greek Ἀρίσταρχος (Arístarkhos) (Aristarkhos; “Aristarchus of Samothrace”, a severe critic of Homeric poetry).
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Aristarch (plural Aristarchs)
- A severe critic.
- Synonym: zoilus
September 1764, Tobias George Smollett, editor, The Critical Review: or, Annals of Literature, volume 18, article 23: Review of William Johnſton’s A Pronouncing and Spelling Dictionary, &c., page 237:Let no Ariſtarch of learning diſdain performances of this kind.
1932, Edith Philips, The Good Quaker in French Legend, University of Pennsylvania Press, page 145:Then let these Aristarchs read the geographer Morse; they will then see that the good Penn, however concerned he may have been with spiritual good, did not for all that neglect the goods of this world.
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