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1. (n.) dilettante
a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, esp. in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
2. dilettante
a lover of an art or science.
3. (adj.) dilettante
of or characteristic of dilettantes.
Etymology: (1725–35; < It)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) dabbler, dilettante, sciolist
an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
2. (adj) dilettante, dilettantish, dilettanteish, sciolistic
showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish
"his dilettantish efforts at painting"
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1. (verb) dilettante
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
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