Obs. rare–1. [f. Gr. κριτής judge + -ISM.] = CRITICISM. So † Critist, † Critize v. [= Gr. *κριτίζειν].
1651. Reliq. Wotton., 40. There being then no such Critismes as interpreted [this] … a conspiracy against the State.
1602. Dekker, Satirom., Wks. 1873, I. 211. You are growne a piece of a Critist.
a. 1631. Donne, Polydoron, Pref. They may find their humours here critiz’d.
a. 1677. Barrow, Wks., 1687, I. 511. We need not critize on the words, the sense being plain.
