Connoisseur (noun)
kon-uh-sur
a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste.
First recorded in 1705–15 and comes from French, and ultimately from the Latin stem cognōscitōr-, “knower.”
Example sentences
“A connoisseur of fine cheeses, he could tell an authentic Parmigiano Reggiano just by smell.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)