Cognoscenti

//ˌkɒ.njəˈʃɛn.ti// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of cognoscente form-of, plural

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connoisseurconnoisseuraestheteaficionadoamateurannotator

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"Semantic equivalence is protean as well as fuzzy: what hoi polloi find equivalent may to cognoscenti be quite distinct."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cognoscente, from Latin cognōscere (“to know, become aware of”).

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