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Dilettante

Dilettante Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dilettante? [n] an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge [adj] showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dilettante: dabbler \| dilettanteish \| dilettantish \| sciolist \| superficial Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dilettante: abecedarian \| admirer \| aesthete \| aficionado \| amateur \| arbiter \| arbiter elegantiarum \| arbiter of taste \| authority \| bon vivant \| booster \| buff \| cognoscente \| collector \| connaisseur \| connoisseur \| coquet \| critic \| criticaster \| dabbler \| dabbling \| dabster \| dallier \| devotee \| dilettantish \| dunce \| epicure \| epicurean \| expert \| fan \| fancier \| flirt \| follower \| fool \| freak \| fribble \| good judge \| gourmand \| gourmet \| grammaticaster \| greenhorn \| greeny \| groupie \| half scholar \| idolater \| idolizer \| ignoramus \| illiterate \| illiterati \| jackleg \| judge \| know-nothing \| lowbrow \| maven \| middlebrow \| no scholar \| nonprofessional \| nut \| philologaster \| philosophaster \| piddler \| potterer \| puddinghead \| pundit \| putterer \| refined palate \| rooter \| savant \| scholar \| sciolist \| smatterer \| specialist \| Sunday painter \| technical expert \| technician \| tenderfoot \| trifler \| tyro \| unaccomplished \| unfinished \| ungifted \| unintelligentsia \| unskilled \| virtuoso \| votary \| worshiper See Also \| amateur Dilettante In Webster's Dictionary \Dil`et*tan"te\, n.; pl. {Dilettanti}. [It., prop. p. pr. of dillettare to take delight in, fr. L. delectare to delight. See {Delight}, v. t.] An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only. The true poet is not an eccentric creature, not a mere artist living only for art, not a dreamer or a dilettante, sipping the nectar of existence, while he keeps aloof from its deeper interests. --J. C. Shairp.

Dilettante Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dilettante?

[n] an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
[adj] showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting"

See Also | amateur

Dilettante In Webster's Dictionary

\Dil`et*tan"te\, n.; pl. {Dilettanti}. [It., prop. p.
pr. of dillettare to take delight in, fr. L. delectare to
delight. See {Delight}, v. t.]
An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur;
especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge,
desultorily, or for amusement only.



   The true poet is not an eccentric creature, not a mere
   artist living only for art, not a dreamer or a dilettante,
   sipping the nectar of existence, while he keeps aloof from
   its deeper interests.                       --J. C.
                                               Shairp.

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