Meaning of conoscente | Babel Free

Definitions

Rare form of cognoscente.

form-of, rare

Equivalents

Examples

“I passed two Mornings in looking at the pictures of Sasso Ferrato and Andrea Mantegna, Names which I used to know⟳ only in Books: the Works of Guido Reni as the Italians always call⟳ him however, give⟳ one the real, & true, & unaffected Delight which that Art can afford⟳—and as Goldsmith used to say⟳ the way to set⟳ up for a Conoscente was to talk⟳ a great deal⟳ about Pietro Perugino, I assure you that in that Merit I have⟳ already made many advances.”

“Upon asking how he had been taught the art of a conoscente so very suddenly, he assured me that nothing was more easy.”

“The conoscenti of the island have⟳ been greatly perplexed respecting a ruin recently discovered a few feet under ground: […]”

“The first representation of the long-expected ballet of M. Blache, “Les Filets de Vulcain,” has been again put⟳ off. It seems to be looked forward⟳ to with as much anxiety by the conoscenti of Paris, as the splendid ballet of “La Naissance de Venus” was by those of London.”

“You affect⟳ to be a conoscente in friendship; what an amazing difference it makes, do you not think⟳ so, in one man’s feelings towards another, when, other things being equal, he can like⟳ his faults, and looks on some degree of them, or at least the dispositions from which they spring⟳, as necessary to make⟳ up the simple object of his love⟳?”

“We have⟳ no hesitation in saying that the equals of these superb views and compositions have⟳ never been displayed to the conoscenti of our new hemisphere; […]”

““Oh! there are a thousand handsomer persons than Lady Fanny Harcourt; but she is a sweet, blushing, lively girl, quite fresh, quite new. You will not lose⟳ your character for a conoscente in professing yourself one of her adorateurs; and doubtless Lady Harcourt will give⟳ you every encouragement, notwithstanding all her prudery.””

“The conoscenti of Pieve are certain that Titian must have⟳ come⟳ by Belluno to Pieve in his almost annual visit⟳ to his birth-place; but certainly the landscapes in Le Fèvre’s collection do not correspond with any scene in that road, nor with the scenery for many miles round Pieve.”

“Their double⟳ victories of the preceding year had caused them to be favourites, so long as the conoscenti of London had only newspaper reports to judge⟳ by; […]”

“Was it apathy on the part of the conoscenti of our day that restrained Joseph Gwilt from adequately putting forward⟳ the claims of this period of architecture?”

“Wotton’s book is, of course, not exactly of the University Extension type⟳. It is written not by a pedagogue for smatterers, but by a conoscente for amateurs, and was published (1624) in the last⟳ decade of the author’s life.”

“I was now a conoscente in joinery, and took pleasure in his work⟳.”

“He will carry⟳ round a meal to a European, if within coo-ee of his store, in a neat tin can for fifty cents to a dollar Chile; save⟳ one all the bother of cooking; and the dishes are fit for a conoscente of the Palais Royal.”

“I was an eminent, very eximious, and most clearly illuminating writer, such being my proper art and mystery: but, in the matter⟳ of cleaning paint⟳ off wooden idols with caustic soda, I was (wasn’t it true?) a mere dilettante, whereas he the speaker was a conoscente and the facts remained I was content with my idol and that he was damaged on my account to the extent named.”

“He may chance to cut⟳ a poor figure⟳ in the eyes of posterity, for a work⟳ which was mere commercial trash to the conoscenti of one generation might possibly become⟳ a classic to those of another.”

“A conoscente of the arts, familiar with antiques since childhood, he has an innate design⟳ sense⟳.”

CEFR level