Beckmesser

noun

Beck·​mes·​ser

ˈbek-ˌme-sər

plural -s

: a critic or teacher of music characterized by timid and excessive reliance upon rules : pedant

Word History

Etymology

German, after Sixtus Beckmesser, pedantic musical philistine in the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1867) by Richard Wagner †1883 German composer

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