Latinitaster - Revision history

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	===Usage notes===		===Usage notes===
	The suffix ''-aster'' often forms pejorative nouns indicating someone who imperfectly or pretentiously imitates a profession or skill (compare ''poetaster'', ''criticaster'').		The suffix ''-aster'' often forms pejorative nouns indicating someone who imperfectly or pretentiously imitates a profession or skill (compare ''poetaster'', ''criticaster'').

			===Walkthrough Video===
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	===Transliterations===		===Transliterations===

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	'''latinitaster''' (plural '''latinitasters''')		'''latinitaster''' (plural '''latinitasters''')

	# A petty or inferior scholar of Latin; one who ~~pretends to learning~~ in Latin but lacks ~~true mastery~~.		# A petty or inferior scholar of Latin; one who claims competence in Latin but lacks real proficiency.
	#* ''The university corridors were once full of latinitasters correcting one another’s ablatives with unwarranted confidence.''		#* ''The university corridors were once full of latinitasters correcting one another’s ablatives with unwarranted confidence.''

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 * IPA: /ˌlætɪˈnɪtæstər/
 * Zhuyin Transliteration:
 : ㄌㄚ ㄊㄧ ㄋㄧ ㄊㄚ ㄙ ㄊㄜ ㄦ
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 : латинитастер
 : (la-ti-ni-ta-ster)
 ===See also===

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Pronunciation

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 ===Pronunciation===
-* /ˌlætɪˈnɪtæstər/
+* IPA: /ˌlætɪˈnɪtæstər/
 ===Noun===

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==English==

===Etymology===
From ''Latin'' + the pejorative suffix ''-aster'' (from Latin ''-aster''), meaning “inferior, petty, or imperfect imitation of.”

===Pronunciation===
* /ˌlætɪˈnɪtæstər/

===Noun===
'''latinitaster''' (plural '''latinitasters''')

# A petty or inferior scholar of Latin; one who pretends to learning in Latin but lacks true mastery.
#* ''The university corridors were once full of latinitasters correcting one another’s ablatives with unwarranted confidence.''

===Usage notes===
The suffix ''-aster'' often forms pejorative nouns indicating someone who imperfectly or pretentiously imitates a profession or skill (compare ''poetaster'', ''criticaster'').

===See also===
* [[-aster]]
* [[poetaster]]
* [[criticaster]]