cognoscenti
pronunciation
How to pronounce cognoscenti in British English:
UK [ˌkɒnjəˈʃenti]
How to pronounce cognoscenti in American English:
US [ˌkɑnjəˈʃenti]
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- Noun:
- an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts
Word Origin
- cognoscenti (n.)
- plural of cognoscente (q.v.).
Example
- 1. Most of the washington cognoscenti have written off a potential candidacy as quixotic .
- 2. Bankers and arsenal footballers may have infiltrated , but this is still a land of liberal writers , celebrities and assorted cognoscenti .
- 3. You know that no other camera other than a hasselblad gains as much instant respect among the cognoscenti as a leica .
- 4. As computing moves online , the sources of power and money will increasingly be enormous " computing clouds " , as the cognoscenti call them , hosted on the internet .