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‖ connoiˈssance Obs.
[F. connoissance, now connaiss-, knowledge, acquaintance.]
At the time connoisseur was adopted in its art sense, there was an attempt also to introduce this word for the corresponding quality of special knowledge.
1730–6Bailey (folio), Connoissance, a solid and critical Judgment in any Art or Science; particularly in Painting, Sculpture, etc. 1756T. Amory Buncle (1770) II. 170 A great master on the fiddle, and very knowing in connoissance. 1762–71H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) IV. 33 Being in search of a proper term for this science, Mr. Prior proposed to name it connoissance; but that word has not obtained possession as connoisseur has. 1860G. A. Sala in Cornh. Mag. I. 565 Pope [? Prior] even proposed to found a science of picture-tasting, and to call it ‘connoissance’. |