Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

connoisseurial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-nois-seuri-al
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to connoisseurs.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From connoisseur + -ial.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: connoisseur

Inflected Forms

more connoisseurial (comparative) most connoisseurial (superlative)

Questions

What does connoisseurial mean?: Of or pertaining to connoisseurs.
Where does connoisseurial come from?: From connoisseur + -ial.

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