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Webster 1913 Edition


Masterpiece

Mas′ter-pieceˊ

,
Noun.
Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital performance; a chef-d’oeuvre; a supreme achievement.
The top and
masterpiece
of art.
South.
Dissimulation was his
masterpiece
.
Claredon.

Definition 2024


masterpiece

masterpiece

English

Noun

masterpiece (plural masterpieces)

  1. A piece of work that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career.
    • 1911, Saki, The Chronicles of Clovis
      The design, when finally developed, was a slight disappointment to Monsieur Deplis, who had suspected Icarus of being a fortress taken by Wallenstein in the Thirty Years' War, but he was more than satisfied with the execution of the work, which was acclaimed by all who had the privilege of seeing it as Pincini's masterpiece.
  2. A work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship.
    Masterpieces are not completed, they are abandoned.
  3. A work created in order to qualify as a master craftsman and member of a guild.

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