n. pl. co·gno·scen·ti (-t
)
) A person with superior, usually specialized knowledge or highly refined taste; a connoisseur.
[Obsolete Italian, from Latin cogn
scns, cognscent-, present participle of cognscere, to know; see cognition.]
scns, cognscent-, present participle of cognscere, to know; see cognition.]The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
The Parisian cognoscenti are curious to catch a whiff of change, to spot an emerging young star, and to glimpse the process of training the famed French dancers.
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