Zoilus

noun

Zo·​i·​lus

ˈzōələs

plural Zoiluses

-sə̇z

also Zoili

-ˌlī

: a bitter and usually enviously carping critic : one given to unjust quibbling and faultfinding : belittler, caviler compare aristarch, momus

Word History

Etymology

after, Zoilus 4th century b.c. Greek rhetorician and critic who was notable for the severity of his criticisms of Homer's poems

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