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connoisseur
(encz) | connoisseur,znalec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Connoisseur
(gcide) | Connoisseur \Con`nois*seur"\ (?; 277), n. [F. connaisseur,
formerly connoisseur, fr. conna[^i]tre to know, fr. L.
cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere,
gnoscere, to learn to know. See Know, and cf. Cognizor.]
One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person;
a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine
arts.
[1913 Webster]
The connoisseur is "one who knows," as opposed to the
dilettant, who only "thinks he knows." --Fairholt.
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connoisseur
(wn) | connoisseur
n 1: an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the
fine arts [syn: connoisseur, cognoscente] |
connoisseur
(devil) | CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and
nothing about anything else.
An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a railway collision,
some wine was pouted on his lips to revive him. "Pauillac, 1873," he
murmured and died.
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connoisseurship
(encz) | connoisseurship,znalectví n: Zdeněk Brož |
Connoisseur
(gcide) | Connoisseur \Con`nois*seur"\ (?; 277), n. [F. connaisseur,
formerly connoisseur, fr. conna[^i]tre to know, fr. L.
cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere,
gnoscere, to learn to know. See Know, and cf. Cognizor.]
One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person;
a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine
arts.
[1913 Webster]
The connoisseur is "one who knows," as opposed to the
dilettant, who only "thinks he knows." --Fairholt.
[1913 Webster] |
Connoisseurship
(gcide) | Connoisseurship \Con`nois*seur"ship\ (?; 277), n.
State of being a connoisseur.
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connoisseurship
(wn) | connoisseurship
n 1: love of or taste for fine objects of art [syn: virtu,
vertu, connoisseurship] |
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