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cognoscenti

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co·gno·scen·te  (kny-shnt, kgn-)
n. pl. co·gno·scen·ti (-t)
A person with superior, usually specialized knowledge or highly refined taste; a connoisseur.
[Obsolete Italian, from Latin cognscns, cognscent-, present participle of cognscere, to know; see cognition.]
cognoscenti [kon-yo-shen-tee, -tee]
Noun, pl
sing -te connoisseurs [obsolete Italian]


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