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masterpiece
Masterpiece or ''chef d'œuvre'' in modern use refers to a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or to a work of outstanding creativity, skill, or workmanship. Historically, the word refers to a work of a very high standard produced in order to obtain membership of a Guild or Academy.
==Etymology==
The word ''masterpiece'' probably derives from the Dutch "meesterstuk" or German "meisterstück", and the form "masterstik" is recorded in English in 1579 (or in Scots, since this was from some Aberdeen guild regulations), whereas "masterpiece" is first found in 1605, already outside a guild context, in a Ben Jonson play.〔OED:"Masterpiece". See also: (Encarta ). (Archived ) 2009-11-01.〕 "Masterprize" was another early variant in English.〔OED:"Masterprize"〕
In English, the term rapidly became used in a variety of contexts for an exceptionally good piece of creative work, and was "in early use, often applied to man as the 'masterpiece' of God or Nature".〔OED, and examples〕
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