Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Criticism like that of Zoilus; illiberal or carping criticism; unjust censure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Resemblance to Zoilus in style or manner; carping criticism; detraction.
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- noun obsolete
nagging orcarping criticism
Etymologies
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From the works of Zoilus (Ancient Greek: Ζωΐλος), a classical Greek, who was highly critical of Homer.
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reesetee commented on the word zoilism
Carping criticism or detraction. The word derives from Zoilus, Greek rhetorician and philosopher who denounced Homer as a purveyor of fables and criticized Isocrates and Plato.
March 27, 2007