CONNIVENCY
Con*niv"en*cy, n.
Defn: Connivance. [Obs.]
CONNIVENT
Con*niv"ent, a. Etym: [L. connivens, p. pr.]
1. Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. [R.] Milton.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: 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.
CONNIVER
Con*niv"er, n.
Defn: One who connives.
CONNOISSEUR Con`nois*seur", n. Etym: [F. connaisseur, formerly connoisseur, fr. connaître to know, fr. L. cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know. See Know, amd cf. Cognizor.]
Defn: 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.