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dilettante

noun
/dɪlɪˈtænti/UK/ˈdɪlɪˌtɑnt/US

Etymology

From Italian dilettante, present participle of dilettare (“to delight”), from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight”).

  1. derived from dēlectāre
  2. borrowed from dilettante

Definitions

  1. An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a…

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

  2. A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.

    • A comment like "The author is a self-important dilettante." is really nothing more than a pretentious version of "u r a fag."
    • “Call me Zack Ransom.” “And I'm Gilbert Manhandle, literary dilettante with a gambling addiction.” “Nobody's going to remember that. You can be Zandy Billups.” “Fine. But I'm still a gambling addict.”

  3. Pertaining to or like a dilettante.

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Derived

dilettantely, dilettanteship, dilettantish, dilettanteish, dilettantism, dilettanteism

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA