maestrian.
/mʌɪsˈtrɪə/, U.S. /maɪˈstriə/ Skill, mastery (esp. of literary or musical performance); dash, flair.
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mistress-ship1819
masterhood1875
maestria1876
1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 279/1 Maestria (It.), skill, address, authority.
1921 R. Fry Let. 15 Mar. (1972) II. 505 He [sc. Derain]'s becoming more and more Baroque... It may be dangerous with his incredible maestria.
1928 Daily Express 16 Jan. 4 Sir Charles..can occasionally be persuaded to render the ‘Volga Boatmen's Song’, which he sings with incomparable maestria.
1938 Daily Tel. 25 July 9/1 While admiring the maestria of this piece of writing by Mr. Shaw I find in it..several inaccuracies.
1955 D. Taylor & R. Kerr Hughes's Mus. Lovers' Encycl. 633/1 Maëstria.
1988 G. Adair Holy Innocents 138 They could be recognised as Latin American by the sultry maestria with which they affected to wear their berets a la Che.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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