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kayakamina | 15:06 Sat 17th Dec 2005 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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50 across cogniscenti or cogniscente ?


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cogniscente is the singular...'i' the plural, so the former
Grammatically cognoscente is the singular of the noun, cognoscenti is the plural. The clue says "person" so the former should be correct.
That is cognOscente.
The correct spelling is cognOscente.
Quite right Paul....!

I seem to remember this answer appeared in the same crossword a couple of months ago and the setter didn't know the diffence between the singular and the plural that time!

From WordNet (r) 1.6 :

cognoscenti
n : an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine
arts [syn: connoisseur]


doesnt that mean it could be either singular or plural, as it says 'expert'.


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