connoisseurial

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

connoisseur +‎ -ial

Adjective[edit]

connoisseurial (comparative more connoisseurial, superlative most connoisseurial)

  1. Of or pertaining to connoisseurs.
    • 2009 April 10, Ken Johnson, “Capturing the Outlines of an Exuberant Universe”, in New York Times[1]:
      Finished drawings sometimes were kept as prototypes for paintings and as objects of connoisseurial delectation, but generally they served as the underlying, invisible foundation for paintings.