English edit

Etymology edit

connoisseur +‎ -ial

Adjective edit

connoisseurial (comparative more connoisseurial, superlative most connoisseurial)

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