connoisseurial
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From connoisseur + -ial.
Adjective
[edit]connoisseurial (comparative more connoisseurial, superlative most connoisseurial)
- 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.