cognoscente
noun/kɒnjəˈʃɛnti/UK/ˌkɑɡnəˈʃɛnti/US
Etymology
From obsolete Italian cognoscente (modern Italian conoscente) from Latin cognōscere (“to know”).
- derived from cognōscere
- borrowed from cognoscente
Definitions
Someone possessing superior or specialized knowledge in a particular field.
- He is the painter who has been held to combine the most complete grace of form with sublimity of expression. Such at least I have gathered to be the opinion of cognoscenti.
- He was a brilliant cosmopolite and a cognoscente of high rank; but, after all, he was of the same race and blood and instinct as this people.
- At night, as creative author, the cognoscente sketched out the first draft of his expanded autobiography.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for cognoscente. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA