Cognoscenti (noun)
kon-ee-o-sen-tee
People who are especially well informed about a particular subject.
Late 18th century: Italian, literally ‘people who know’, from Latin cognoscent- ‘getting to know’, from the verb cognoscere.
Example sentences
“We consider him to be the literary cognoscenti.”
Word of the Day - Semiquincentennial (noun) se-mee-kwin-sen-tee-nee-al
