critic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French critique, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίνω (krínō, “I judge”).

noun

1. A person who appraises the works of others.
2. A specialist in judging works of art.
3. One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
4. An opponent.
5. Obsolete form of critique (an act of criticism)
6. Obsolete form of critique (the art of criticism)

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To criticise.
   1607, Antony Brewer (attributed), Lingua, or the Combat of the Five Senses for Superiority Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done.