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Definition of Dilettante

1. Adjective. Showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish. "His dilettantish efforts at painting"

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

Definition of Dilettante

1. n. 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.

Definition of Dilettante

1. Noun. An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest. ¹

2. Noun. A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge. (Sometimes derogatory.) ¹

3. Adjective. Pertaining to or like a dilettante. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dilettante

1. [n -TANTES or -TANTI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dilettante

dildoing dildos dilead dilection dilections dilemma dilemmalike dilemmas dilemmata dilemmatic

dilemmic dilemna dilepton dileptonic dileptons dilettanteish dilettanteism dilettanteisms dilettantes dilettanti

dilettantish dilettantism dilettantisms dileucine diligence diligences diligency diligent diligently

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