expertness

Variant of expert

adjective

  1. very skillful; having much training and knowledge in some special field
  2. of or from an expert: an expert opinion

Origin: ME < OFr < L expertus, pp. of experiri: see peril

noun

a person who is very skillful or highly trained and informed in some special field

Origin: Fr

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