zoilus

See also: Zoilus

English

Etymology

From the name of Zoilus, an ancient Greek rhetorician who severely criticized Homer's poems. From Ancient Greek Ζωΐλος (Zōḯlos).

Noun

zoilus (plural zoiluses or zoili)

  1. A critic characterized as bitter, carping, malignant.
    Synonym: Aristarch
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