conoscenten.
= cognoscente n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > [noun] > connoisseur
curioso1658
connoisseur1719
conoscente1766
cognoscente1777
arbiter elegantiae1818
maven1907
society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > love or study of the arts > student or lover of the arts
virtuosoa1650
virtuosea1721
dilettante1733
man of virtu1749
conoscente1766
cognoscente1777
art-lover1847
dilettant1875
1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances III. 10 Attend to her with this connocente View.
1783 W. Cowper Let. 29 June (1981) II. 148 Such a Phænomenon..has occasioned much speculation among the Connoscenti at this place.
1837 Athenæum No. 504. 469 The common print-shop lounger as well as the conoscente.
1842 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zanoni 21 He had been deposed..for having shocked the conoscenti.
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