21 December 2015

ultracrepidarian

[uhl-truh-krep-i-dair-ee-uh n]

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes, judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise:
The play provides a classic, simplistic portrayal of an ultracrepidarian mother-in-law.

noun

2. an ultracrepidarian person.

Origin of ultracrepidarian

Latin, Greek

1800-1820; ultra- + Latin crepidam ‘sole of a shoe, sandal’ (< Greek krepis ‘shoe’); in allusion to the words of Pliny the Elder ne supra crepidam sutor judicare ‘let the cobbler not judge above the sandal’; cf. the English proverb “let the cobbler stick to his last”

Related forms

ultracrepidarianism, noun

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Anagram

a particular diner
a radical pier runt

Today’s quote

No change in musical style will survive unless it is accompanied by a change in clothing style. Rock is to dress up to.

– Frank Zappa

On this day

21 December 1913 – American newspaper, New York World, publishes the world’s first crossword puzzle. It was created by English journalist, Arthur Wynne.

21 December 1940 – birth of Frank Zappa, American revolutionary musician. Died 3 December 1993.

21 December 1991 – representatives of all Soviet Republics, except Georgia, signed the Alma-Ata Protocol which confirmed the Belavezha Accords of 8 December 1991 that declared the Soviet Union dissolved.

21 December 2012 – end of the world as predicted by the Ancient Mayans … or is it just the end of an age within their calendar? All was revealed … and it was a non-event …