Definition of Dabbler

1. Noun. An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge.

Exact synonyms: Dilettante, Sciolist
Generic synonyms: Amateur
Derivative terms: Dabble, Dilettante, Sciolism

2. Noun. Any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling.
Exact synonyms: Dabbling Duck
Generic synonyms: Duck
Antonyms: Diving Duck

Definition of Dabbler

1. n. One who dabbles.

Definition of Dabbler

1. Noun. one who dabbles ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dabbler

1. one that dabbles [n -S] - See also: dabbles

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dabbler

dabb lizards
dabbawala
dabbawalas
dabbawalla
dabbawallah
dabbawallahs
dabbawallas
dabbed
dabber
dabbers
dabbing
dabbities
dabbity
dabble
dabbled
dabbler (current term)
dabblers
dabbles
dabbling
dabbling duck
dabbling ducks
dabblings
dabchick
dabchicks
dabigatran
daboia
daboias
dabs
dabster
dabsters

Literary usage of Dabbler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages (1869)
"No one should presume to give his opinion in a province of art in which he is only a dabbler. It is worthy of remark that throughout his life Apelles ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"... dabbler, half-scholar. Tythe, я. See TITHE. Tzar, n. Emperor of Russia, czar. Tzarina, n. Empress of Russia, czarina, ..."

3. Anecdotes of Polite Literature (1764)
"... a bad critic*, and a dabbler * The critical works of Voltaire are but ... Dum iad to be wrote ,bjf a man who pretends to any acquaintance with dabbler ..."

4. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"An essay on the Humbug, by a dabbler in natural history. A conference on the three dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness, between three persons, ..."

5. Poems by Grant McGee (1914)
"What a fool is the dabbler Who writes of soul-weeping, Whose heart all the while Is hi merriment leaping; Who thinks to paint pictures Of slimy snakes ..."

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