transitive verb. 1 : to kill or destroy especially by fire. 2 : to offer in sacrifice especially : to kill as a sacrificial victim.

noun. a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste: a connoisseur of modern art. a discerning judge of the best in any field: a connoisseur of horses.

verb (used with object), im·mo·lat·ed, im·mo·lat·ing. to sacrifice.

The current most expensive wine in the world is a bottle (1 x 75cl) of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Romanee-Conti 1945 sold at auction in October 2018 for US$558,000 (£424,000 at the time). A second bottle was sold at the same auction for US$496,000 (£377,000).

Palo cortado is made differently from oloroso, though its flavor is often similar. Finally, cream sherries are the sweet sherry that your grandma might have sipped—and no, they aren’t creamy. Pedro Ximenez (PX for short) is one example, and it can be viscous, molasses-dark and sweet.

Why does Montresor also have a drink? He says that Fortunato should drink to keep warm. He really just wants to keep Fortunato drunk. He drinks some himself probably to stay warm and probably to steel his nerves against the crime he’s about to commit.

Fortunato is dressed as a fool, which is emphasised by the jester’s “conical cap and bells.” What is so ironic about this costume is that Fortunato’s costume is truer to his character than he thinks, as he indeed shows himself to be the archetypal fool in the way that he trusts Montresor so quickly and yields to his …

What does the way Montresor dress at carnival symbolize? He is dressed as in all black with a coat, and so he kind of looks like a grim reaper. This directly relates to the story and it symbolizes kind of how Montresor acts with the events of the story because in the end he gives Fortunato a painful death.