Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cognoscenti"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cognoscente \Cog`nos*cen"te\, n.; pl. {Cognoscenti}. [OIt.
cognoscente, p. pr. of cognoscere, It. conoscere to know.]
A connoisseur. --Mason.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cognoscenti
n : an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine
arts [syn: {connoisseur}]
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