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ultracrepidate

verb

  1. to venture beyond one's competence or purview

    The new editor has a lot to learn and should be anxious not to ultracrepidate.

Where it comes from

From the Latin phrase ultra crepidam ("beyond the sandal"). An allusion to the response of the Greek painter Apelles to a cobbler's criticism, as recorded by Pliny the Elder.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry ultracrepidate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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