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co·gno·scen·te

C0462000 (kŏn′yə-shĕn′tē, kŏg′nə-)n. pl. co·gno·scen·ti (-tē) A person with superior, usually specialized knowledge or highly refined taste; a connoisseur.
[Obsolete Italian, from Latin cognōscēns, cognōscent-, present participle of cognōscere, to know; see cognition.]

cognoscenti

(ˌkɒnjəʊˈʃɛntɪ; ˌkɒɡnəʊ-) or

conoscenti

pl n, sing -te (-tiː) 1. (Art Terms) (sometimes singular) people with informed appreciation of a particular field, esp in the fine arts; connoisseurs2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (sometimes singular) people with informed appreciation of a particular field, esp in the fine arts; connoisseurs[C18: from obsolete Italian (modern conoscente), from Latin cognōscere to know, learn about]

co•gno•scen•ti

(ˌkɒn yəˈʃɛn ti, ˌkɒg nə-)

n.pl., sing. -te (-teɪ, -ti) well-informed persons, esp. those who have superior knowledge of a particular field, as in the arts. [1770–80; < Italian, Latinized variant of conoscente, present participle of conoscere to know < Latin. See cognition, -ent]

cognoscenti

An Italian word meaning those who know, used to mean connoisseurs.
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