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ultra-crepidarian
ultra-crepiˈdarian, a. and n. [f. the Latin phrase ultrā crepidam ‘beyond the sole’ in allusion to the reply of Apelles to the cobbler. The form in which the reply is given by Pliny (Nat. Hist. xxxv. x. §36) is ne supra crepidam judicaret. Valerius Maximus (viii. xii. 3) expresses it by supra planta... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ne supra crepidam
attested in the English essayist William Hazlitt's 1819 open "Letter to William Gifford", the editor of the Quarterly Review: "You have been well called an Ultra-Crepidarian wikipedia.org
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ultra
▪ I. ultra, a. and n. (ˈʌltrə) [Independent use of ultra-, orig. as an abbreviation of F. ultra-royaliste, and app. mainly due to Lady Morgan. Cf. F. ultra n. (in senses B. 1 and 2).] A. adj. 1. Ultra-royalist.1817 Lady Morgan France ii. (1818) I. 225 The gradual alteration in tone and manner of the... Oxford English Dictionary
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