Word of the Day: cognoscente
Today’s Word is:
cognoscente \kon-yuh-SHEN-tee; kog-nuh-; -SEN-\ , noun:
1. A person with special knowledge of a subject; a connoisseur.
Origin:
Cognoscente derives from the Obsolete Italian, from Latin cognoscens, cognoscent-, present participle of cognoscere, “to know.”
Greenspan, to his credit, tells the truth about what he does, but until now, he has done it in a way that only the cognoscenti can understand. — Paul Krugman, “Labor Pains”, New York Times Magazine, May 23, 1999
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As always, be well
CF
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