Definition for HY-PER-CRIT'IC, or HY-PER-CRIT'IC-AL

HY-PER-CRIT'IC, or HY-PER-CRIT'IC-AL, a.

  1. Over critical; critical beyond use or reason; animadverting on faults with unjust severity; as, a hypercritical reader. Swift.
  2. Excessively nice or exact; as, a hypercritical punctilio. Evelyn.

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