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dilettante
[ dil-i-tahnt, dil-i-tahnt, -tahn-tey, -tan-tee ]
noun
- a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
Synonyms:
- a lover of an art or science, especially of a fine art.
adjective
- of or relating to dilettantes.
dilettante
/ ˌɪɪˈɑːԳɪ /
noun
- a person whose interest in a subject is superficial rather than professional
- a person who loves the arts
adjective
- of or characteristic of a dilettante
dilettante
- Someone who is interested in the fine arts as a spectator, not as a serious practitioner. Dilettante is most often used to mean a dabbler, someone with a broad but shallow attachment to any field.
Derived Forms
- ˌ徱ˈٲԳپ, noun
- ˌ徱ˈٲԳپ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- 徱e·ٲt 徱e·ٲt· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dilettante1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dilettante1
Example Sentences
Him and all the other dilettantes who don’t know the wonders of VistaVision.
She characterized those years in her autobiography as: “Desultory intellectual chitchat, drugs, hip aristocrats, languid dilettantes and high naughtiness. I knew I was on my path!”
And he has often been underestimated, such as when he won a majority government in 2015 at the age of 44, despite being portrayed by his political opponents as something of a dilettante.
Crystal does fine in this environment; he doesn’t come off as a tourist or a dilettante.
He dismissed Jurado as a dilettante whose ties to the L.A. chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America make her dangerous to public safety.
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