单词 | connoisseur |
释义 | connoisseurn.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > expert, specialist, authority masterc1225 historian?a1439 authentic1613 scientiate1647 supernaturalist1659 authority1665 connoisseur1732 pundit1816 expert1825 specialist1839 past master1840 sharp1840 professional1846 beggar1859 specializer1868 passed master1882 buff1903 man1921 sharpshooter1942 sharpie1949 watcher1966 meister1975 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. xxvii. 327 Commendation of Honour and Good-nature: but the former of these, by Connoisseurs, is always understood to mean nothing but Fashion. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 284 By his perpetual Inquisitiveness..he became no ordinary Connoisseur in the Sciences. 2. a. spec. A person well acquainted with one of the fine arts, and competent to pass a judgement in relation thereto; a critical judge of art or of matters of taste. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > [noun] > connoisseur curioso1658 connoisseur1719 conoscente1766 cognoscente1777 arbiter elegantiae1818 maven1907 society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > criticism > critic or reviewer critic1587 criticizera1680 connoisseur1719 connoisseurship1761 crita1845 art critic1847 art connoisseur1856 neo-critic1865 1719 J. Richardson (title) Two Discourses on the Art of Criticism, as it relates to Painting and the Sciences of a Connoisseur. 1723 B. Mandeville Search Nature of Society in Fable Bees (ed. 2) i. 374 There are Parties among Connoisseurs, and few of them agree in their esteem. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty 3 Painters and connoisseurs are the only competent judges. a1764 R. Lloyd Cit's Country Box in Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 44 Blest age! when all men may procure, The title of a Connoisseur. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 13 Now impudent, and now demure, Now blockhead and now connoisseur. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 7 In the connoisseurs of music, or in the lovers of theatricals. b. transferred. A critic or judge in other matters of taste (e.g. of wines, delicacies, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [noun] > gastronome or epicure viandera1556 sweet-lips1580 deipnosophist1581 feaster1585 epicure1586 friand1598 palatist1620 goinfre1643 palate-mana1661 palate-peoplea1661 bon-vivant1695 belly-critica1711 gourmand1758 turtle-eatera1774 connoisseur1796 gullet-fancier1805 gastrophilist1814 gastrologer1820 gastronomer1820 gastrophile1820 gourmet1820 palatician1821 gastrologist1822 gastronome1823 gastronomist1825 degustator1833 aristologist1835 opsophagist1854 gastrosoph1855 bon viveur1865 gastrosopher1894 foodist1906 foodie1980 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skilful person > skilled and knowledgeable person > in non-artistic matters of taste connoisseur1796 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 192 The cyder made from [the crab apple] is admired by connoissuers. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. ii. 134 Merton was a connoisseur in ladies' dress. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow I. iii. 46 Looked..as a connoisseur does at a bottle of rare wine. Derivatives connoiˈsseur v. ΚΠ a1828 Blake in Gilchrist Life (1880) I. 259 Every man..who has not been connoisseured out of his senses. 1966 K. Giles Provenance of Death iv. 114 I didn't know you connoisseured these arts, sir. connoiˈsseuring adj. ΚΠ a1821 J. Keats Cap & Bells xvii, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 234 Admired it with a connoisseuring look. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1719 |
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