— connoisseurship , n.
/kon'euh serr", -soor"/ , n.
1. a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste: a connoisseur of modern art.
2. a discerning judge of the best in any field: a connoisseur of horses.
[ 1705-15; conoiseor cognoscitor- (s. of cognoscitor ) knower. See COGNOSCIBLE, -TOR ]
Syn . critic, aesthete.