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[Eng. critic; -ism.] 1. The act of examining critically into the merits and demerits of any work. 2. The art, system, rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic. err against the first principle of criticism, which is, to consider the nature of the piece, and the intent of its author." -Pope: Homer's Ody ey (Post.). 3. The act of animadverting upon or finding fault with anything; animadversion, censure. " the bill, which was indeed open to verbal crit i cism,."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xv. 4. A critical judgment or examination; a crit ique. "There is not a Greek or Latin critic who has not shown, even in the style of his criticisms , that he was a master of all the eloquence and delicacy of his native tongue." -Add is on. *5. A critical or minute point. "Was it because he stood on this punctilio or criticism of credit." -Fuller : Ch. Hist ., V. iv. 25. (Davies.) †crit-1-çi-za-ble, a. [Eng. critic is(e); -able.] Capable or deserving of being criticised. *cri-tick-in, s. [Eng. critic ; dim in. suff. -kin.) A little or contemptible critic. "Mr. Critickin for as there is a diminutive for cat so there should be for critic-I defy you."-Southey: The Doctor , ch. lxxii. ( Davies .) crit'-îque, *crit'-Ic, s. [Fr.] *1. A critic. "I thought at first he would have plaid the ignorant oritique with every word."-B. Jonson: Cynthia's Revels. *2. The science or art of criticising; criticism. 3. A critical judgment or di ertation upon anything, especially of some literary or artistic work. "I should as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal." Add is on : A. Intransitive: I. Literally: "So when Jove's block descended from on high, Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croak'd -'God save King Log." Pope : Dunciad , i. 330. IMG:content-1349.png:[blocks in formation] 1. One who is always grumbling or talking despondingly; a querulous person. †2. A corpse. ( Slang .) *crōak-1-lý, adv . [Eng. croaky; -ly.] In a croaky manner. (Carlyle.)