Cog`nos·cen'te noun ; plural Cognoscenti . [ OIt. cognoscente , present participle of cognoscere , Italian conoscere to know.] A connoisseur. Mason. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/105
cognoscente 1. A person with superior, usually specialized knowledge or highly refined taste; a connoisseur. 2. From obsolete Italian, from Latin cognscns, cognscent-, present participle of cognscere, 'to know'. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/519/