Masterpiece

Definitions

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.
2. A work of outstanding creativity, skill or workmanship.
3. A work created in order to qualify as a master craftsman and member of a guild.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Masterpieces are not completed, they are abandoned.”

““‘Man is amazing, but he is not a masterpiece,’ he said, keeping his eyes fixed on the glass case. ‘Perhaps the artist was a little mad. […]’”

“It would hardly be an overstatement to describe⟳ Drummond's next design⟳ as an outstanding British locomotive class, and possibly his masterpiece.”

“It was replaced by a New Euston, "bold in design⟳ and layout and in keeping with a new railway era". Betjeman was unmoved, describing it tersely as "no masterpiece" and noting that its lack of platform seating made it an "inhuman structure⟳" which seemed to ignore⟳ passengers.”

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