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cognoscente

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11 lettersPronunciation /kɒnjəˈʃɛnti/Part of speech nounSorted cceegnnoostStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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