At night, as creative author, the cognoscente sketched out the first draft of his expanded autobiography.

In the latter case — if only a handful of people knew the term — it would have been pretty pointless for Cleland to name his protagonist Fanny when practically nobody was likely to get the joke, not even cognoscenti such as Grose.

The initial buzz it generated was among a certain section of the London cultural cognoscenti, the ex-punk crowd. They got it immediately.

The Biennale can be daunting for those who are not art cognoscenti or participants in the art world.

And by the way, yes I AM inventing the HS2E acronym, because few outside the HS2 cognoscenti understand all that 'Phase' stuff!

Cognoscente

Meaning

Noun