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connoisseurial

connoisseurial adjective: of or pertaining to connoisseurs.

Adjective

connoisseurial (comparative more connoisseurial, superlative most connoisseurial)

  1. Of or pertaining to connoisseurs.
    • 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.2009 April 10, Ken Johnson, “Capturing the Outlines of an Exuberant Universe”, in New York Times

Forms of connoisseurial

comparativemore connoisseurial
superlativemost connoisseurial

Origin of connoisseurial

From connoisseur + -ial.

Questions about connoisseurial

What does connoisseurial mean?
Connoisseurial means of or pertaining to connoisseurs.
What part of speech is connoisseurial?
Connoisseurial is an adjective.

Words near connoisseurial in the dictionary

  1. connixation
  2. connixations
  3. connodal
  4. connoisseur
  5. connoisseurdom
  6. connoisseurial
  7. connoisseurish
  8. connoisseurly
  9. connoisseurs
  10. connoisseurship
  11. connoisseurships

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