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Definition of Cognoscenti
1. cognoscente [n] - See also: cognoscente
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cognoscenti
Literary usage of Cognoscenti
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Connoisseur by George Colman, Bonnell Thornton (1903)
"... tower he had built on purpose for their reception, where they were greatly
admired by the cognoscenti of the day, to whom they were shown as a favour. ..."
2. Lyric Forms from France: Their History and Their Use by Helen Louise Cohen (1922)
"Thus leaps the prophecy the sad world through— Truth marches ever onward—in her
van The cognoscenti, leagued with purpose true, Make ready for the ..."
3. The Idler in Italy by Marguerite Blessington (1839)
"He has furnished us with letters of introduction to half the cognoscenti of the
south of France and Italy ; so that it will not be his fault if I do not ..."
4. The first and second books of Ovid's Metamorphoses: with Ovid's autobiography by Ovid, William Thane Peck (1900)
"... incidit in matrem, quae restitit Arcade viso et cognoscenti similis fuit.
Ule refugit JUNO. ... cognoscenti ..."
5. A Handbook to the Gallery of British Paintings in the Art Treasures Exhibition by Manchester art treasures exhib (1857)
"Collecting a gallery, and prating about its contents, were fashions of the day,
and so men of fashion must be virtuosi, cognoscenti, and dilettanti, ..."
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