Chef-d'œuvre

Full definition of chef-d'œuvre

Noun

1. Alternative form of en
• Stael Lawler Corinna|volume=I|pages=217–218|pageref=218|passage=It was there that the Romans exposed their chefs-d’œuvre of painting and of sculpture.
• Landon Ethel Churchill|page=307|volume=II|passage=I shall have a bottle of the old Burgundy, and tell Chloe he must exert himself to send me up some slight chef-d'œuvre for supper: I am sure that one needs something, after so much annoyance!