Con*niv"ent (#), a. [L. connivens, p. pr.] 1. Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. [R.] Milton.
2. (Biol.) Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc.
Con*niv"er (?), n. One who connives.
Con`nois*seur" (?; 277), n. [F. connaisseur, formerly connoisseur, fr. connaţtre to know, fr. L. cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know. See Know, amd cf. Cognizor.] One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts.
The connoisseur is "one who knows," as opposed to the dilettant, who only "thinks he knows."
Fairholt.
Con`nois*seur"ship (?; 277), n. State of being a connoisseur.
Con"no*tate (?), v. t. [L. con- + notatus, p. p.of notare to mark. Cf. Connote.] To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply. Hammond.
Con`no*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. connotation.] The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.
Con*no"ta*tive (? or ?), a. 1. Implying something additional; illative.