Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HY-PER-CRIT'IC
HY-PER-CRIT'IC, or HY-PER-CRIT'IC-ALHY-PER-CRIT'I-CISM
HY-PER-CRIT'IC, n. [Fr. hypercritique; Gr. υπερ, beyond, and κριτικος, critical. See Critic.]
One who is critical beyond measure or reason; an over rigid critic; a captious censor. Dryden.
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