Masterpiece
['mɑːstəpiːs] or ['mæstəpis]
Definition
(noun.) an outstanding achievement.
(noun.) the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman.
Typed by Dewey--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital performance; a chef-d'oeuvre; a supreme achievement.
Inputed by Conrad
Examples
- The pint-pots were great strokes of genius: but the milk-can was a perfect masterpiece. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- People come here from all parts of the world, and glorify this masterpiece. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was a masterpiece of villainy, and he carried it out like a master. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It has been celebrated, however, as a masterpiece of the commercial policy of England. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Your Jew was a masterpiece of fine, chaste acting, nothing overdone--no grimace! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He was also commissioned to paint a portrait of James Monroe, then President, for the Charleston Common Council, and the picture was considered a striking masterpiece. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Maurice, with sculptor-like enthusiasm, would fain have lingered before this masterpiece of Greek art, but Justinian hurried him impatiently away. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was almost a masterpiece in good form. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It is another of Vicente Rojo, the unsuccessful professor's, masterpieces. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Many pieces have strayed into the hands of great private collectors of rare porcelain, and both England and Russia have many fine examples of his masterpieces. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Those of us who have seen the old masterpieces in painting, or reproductions of them, know the softness, the mellowness, the richness of tints employed by the old masters. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Typist: Xavier