cognoscente

noun
/kɒnjəˈʃɛnti/UK/ˌkɑɡnəˈʃɛnti/US

Etymology

From obsolete Italian cognoscente (modern Italian conoscente) from Latin cognōscere (“to know”).

  1. derived from cognōscere
  2. borrowed from cognoscente

Definitions

  1. 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