English Explanatory Dictionary

ultracrepidate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. to venture beyond one's competence or purview

Word forms

ultracrepidate ultracrepidates ultracrepidating ultracrepidated

Etymology

From the Latin phrase ultra crepidam ("beyond the sandal"). An allusion to the response of the Greek painter Apelles to a cobbler's criticism, as recorded by Pliny the Elder.

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