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Definition of Masterwork
1. Noun. A piece done to prove possession of skill sufficient to be ranked a master. ¹
2. Noun. A piece of quality, indicative of having been made by a master; a masterpiece. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) An act of primary importance. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) A main drain or irrigation channel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Masterwork
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Masterwork
Literary usage of Masterwork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Panama to Patagonia: The Isthmian Canal and the West Coast Countries to by Charles Melville Pepper (1906)
"... Francisco Monastery — Municipal Progress — Chamber of Commerce — A Trip up
the Famous Oroya Railway — masterwork of Henry Meiggs — Heights and Distances ..."
2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"We quote herewith the greater part of what is a masterwork of literature describing
a masterwork of heroism.« whole disposable force to raise the siege ..."
3. On Translating Homer by Matthew Arnold (1896)
"... and the moment you have anything less than a masterwork, the co-operation or
consolidation of several poets becomes possible, for talent is not uncommon ..."
4. Wagner and His Works: The Story of His Life, with Critical Comments by Henry Theophilus Finck (1893)
"And of his masterwork: " Look at his Don Juan ! Where else has music acquired
such infinitely diverse individuality, and learned to characterize so surely ..."
5. Authors and I by Charles Lewis Hind (1921)
"What an array of books he can show, including a masterwork in autobiography, "Father
and Son," and a masterwork in biography, "The Life and Letters of Dr. ..."
6. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1856)
"It is clear, afier the character which we have recognized in his masterwork»,
that they must formerly have wanted all the conditions of popularity even more ..."
7. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1861)
"On the whole the piece is a masterwork and instrumented, ... To me it is n masterwork.
The grand march in G major, which opens the second act, has in Paris, ..."
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