Talk:Connoisseur

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What does "a still vaguer man of taste" mean?

The phrase seems to refer to a less specialised person than the traditional connoisseur, at least that was my understanding of it. J.Fries 00:42, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fine Arts?

Why does this article deal exclusively with art? The term is used just as often (if not more so) in relation to food, drink or music. -Adjusting 07:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, food, drink, and music are all considered an art, even war is an art.

[edit] Feminine Forms

How might one refer to a female connoisseur? A connoisseusse perhaps? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zen tom (talk • contribs) 14:33, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Probably just connoisseur still; it's a gender-neutral noun in English. You could borrow the French female version, but the complication there is that the English noun doesn't even match the modern French male version, so you'd be basically creating a neologism in English. But in any case, in French, the male form is connaisseur, and the female one connaisseuse. --Delirium (talk) 17:40, 5 May 2008 (UTC)