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Definition of cognoscenti noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cognoscenti

noun
 
/ˌkɒnjəˈʃenti/
 
/ˌkɑːnjəˈʃenti/
[plural]
the cognoscenti
(from Italian, formal)
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  1. people with a lot of knowledge about a particular subject
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: Italian, literally ‘people who know’, from Latin cognoscent- ‘getting to know’, from the verb cognoscere.
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