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dil·et·tante

  (dĭl′ĭ-tänt′, dĭl′ĭ-tänt′, -tănt′)
n. pl. dil·et·tantes also dil·et·tan·ti (-tän′tē)
1. One who dabbles in an art or a field of knowledge.
2. Archaic A lover of the fine arts.
adj.
Superficial; amateurish.
[Italian, lover of the arts, from present participle of dilettare, to delight, from Latin dēlectāreDr Martens Boots Virginia Nude Ankle Leather Pascal Womens DM Nude PPrOw4gq; see delight.]
dil′et·tan′tish adj.
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dilettante

( ˌdɪlɪˈtɑːntɪ)
n, pl -tantes or -tanti ( -ˈtɑːntɪ)
1. a person whose interest in a subject is superficial rather than professional
2. (Art Terms) a person who loves the arts
adj
(Art Terms) of or characteristic of a dilettante
[C18: from Italian, from dilettare to delight, from Latin dēlectāre]
ˌdiletˈtantish, ˌdiletˈtanteish adj
ˌdiletˈtantism, ˌdiletˈtanteism n
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dil•et•tante

(ˈdɪl ɪˌtɑnt, ˌdɪl ɪˈtɑnt, -ˈtɑn teɪ, -ˈtæn ti)

n., pl. -tantes, -tan•ti (-ˈtɑn ti)

adj. n.
1. a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, esp. in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
2. a lover of an art or science.
adj.
3. of or characteristic of dilettantes.
[1725–35; < Italian]
dil`et•tan′tish, dil`et•tan′te•ish, adj.
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Noun 1. dilettante - an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
dabbler, sciolist
amateur - someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
Adj. 1. dilettante - showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting"
dilettanteish, dilettantish, sciolistic
superficial - concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences"
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dilettante

noun amateur, aesthete, dabbler, trifler, nonprofessional The sailing elite considered him a rank amateur, a dilettante.
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dilettante

noun
One lacking professional skill and ease in a particular pursuit:
amateur, dabbler, nonprofessional, smatterer, uninitiate.
adjective
Lacking the required professional skill:
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dilettante

[ˌdɪlɪˈtæntɪ] N ( dilettantes or dilettanti (pl)) [ˌdɪlɪˈtæntɪ] → diletante mf
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dilettante

[ˌdɪləˈtænti] [ dilettantes or dilettanti] ( pl) n → dilettante mf
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dilettante

n pl → Amateur(in) m(f), → Dilettant(in) m(f); (Art) → Kunstliebhaber(in) m(f)
adj → amateurhaft, stümperhaft
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dilettante

[ˌdɪlɪˈtɑːntɪ] n → dilettante m/f
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He had dawdled over his cigar because he was at heart a dilettante, and thinking over a pleasure to come often gave him a subtler satisfaction than its realisation.
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It was unparalleled, undreamed-of, that I, Humphrey Van Weyden, a scholar and a dilettante, if you please, in things artistic and literary, should be lying here on a Bering Sea seal- hunting schooner.
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The pensee writer is to the philosopher what the dilettante is to the artist.
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The cottage was far from that standard at present, for Lisbeth's rheumatism had forced her to give up her old habits of dilettante scouring and polishing.
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All this admitted, Newman enjoyed his journey, when once he had fairly entered the current, as profoundly as the most zealous dilettante.
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What is to me a means of livelihood is to him the merest hobby of a dilettante.
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I really have no mind to turn into a dilettante spiritualist.
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En effet, a l'exception de Fen M'hareche dont il ne faudra pas perdre de vue tout ce qu'il a realise a ses debuts a Tiaret ainsi qu'a El Eulma apres avoir change d'ecurie et qui meme s'il n'a pas pris part a de nombreuses courses cette saison pour peu qu'il soit present avec tous ses moyens, ne devrait pas se faire prier pour rallier en dilettante le poteau d'arrivee dans cette course largement a sa portee, car a si l'on se refere aux autres participants, seuls Jamal Esoltane, un jeune poulain de 3 ans qui totalise 15.
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Such modesty has encouraged both an early biographer to name him "essentially an amateur" and more recent FitzGerald scholars like Dick Davis himself to christen the writer "an obscure dilettante.
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