ultracrepidarian


one who speaks above his level of knowledge, experience or expertise. from latin ultra=above & beyond + crepis-idis=sole,keel.
the story goes that when the famous greek painter apellis made a full-body painting of alexander the great and showed it to the audience, a shoemaker approached him and made some comments about the rendering of the sandals of the great warrior. the painter promptly acknowledged the error and with a stroke of his brush corrected it. but after a while the same man started to comment about the robe of alexander and the painter cut him short by saying, “stick to the sandals, my valuable friend”.

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