adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
2. 2
   an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge wordnet
3. 3
   A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge. derogatory, sometimes

   "A comment like "The author is a self-important dilettante." is really nothing more than a pretentious version of "u r a fag.""

Adjective

1. 1
   Pertaining to or like a dilettante.

Adjective

1. 1
   showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish wordnet

Synonyms

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dabblerdabblerabecedarianadmireraestheteaficionado

Antonyms

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inveterateprofessional

Example

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"That's the opinion of a dilettante."

Etymology

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

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