petit-maître
/ˌpətɪˈmeɪtr(ə)
/ /p(ə)timɛtʀ/noun
1A dandy or fop.Current aesthetic values remind me more of the post-French Revolution "petit-maîtres" than anything, a word that has negative connotations in French and Spanish (petimetre)....
- Cusset poses the question: "In this frivolous world of marquises, vicomtes, roués, and petit-maîtres who seem to be oblivious to any other reality than pleasure, is anything relevant for us today?"
2A minor musician, writer, or other artist.The exhibition introduces drawings by some of the petit-maîtres - 18th-century French artists who concentrated on drawing rather than painting.
Origin
French, literally 'little master'.
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