an over-rigid censor or critic: one who will let nothing pass, but animadvert severely on the slightest fault. See Criticism. The word is compounded of νοτιον, "over, above, be-

yond;" and ἀπόλυσις, of ἀπόλυσις, judex, of ἀπόλυσις, judico, Hyperdulia

Hyperdulia

Hypericum.