English Dictionary

doryphore

名詞

ユーモラス文体 稀用

(rare, humorous) A petty pedant, a person who complains about minor mistakes.

日本語の意味

些細な規則やミスにこだわり、文句をつける人 / 小さな誤りを過度に気にする、細かいことにうるさい人

Don't be such a doryphore, pointing out every tiny typo while the rest of us enjoy the story.

みんなが物語を楽しんでいる間に、ささいな誤字をいちいち指摘するようなつまらない細かいことにこだわる人になるな。

意味（1）

(rare, humorous) A petty pedant, a person who complains about minor mistakes.

Often have I tried to supplement my vocabulary by inventing words, such as ‘couth’, or ‘doriphore’, or ‘hypoulic’, feeling that it is the duty as well as the pastime of a professional writer to make two words bloom where only one bloomed before.

doryphores （ plural ）