- "A connoisseur: A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else." - Ambrose Bierce.
"A connoisseur of gastronomy was congratulated on his appointment as a director of indirect contributions at Perigues: and, above all, in the pleasure there would be in living in the midst of good cheer, in the country of truffles, partridges, gruffled turkeys, and so forth. ‘Alas!’ replied with a sigh the sad gastronomer, ‘can one really live at all in a country where there is no fresh sea-fish?" - Jean-Antheleme Brillat-Savarin.
A connoisseur (fr. connaisseur, from Middle-French connoistre, then connaître meaning "to be acquainted with" or "to know somebody/something.") is a person who has a great deal of knowledge about the fine arts, or an expert judge in matters of taste. A person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts. A person of informed and discriminating taste.
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