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'''latinitaster''' (plural '''latinitasters''') | '''latinitaster''' (plural '''latinitasters''') | ||
# A petty or inferior scholar of Latin; one who | # 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.'' | ||
===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''). | ||
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