Dilettante

[,dɪlɪ'tænteɪ;-tɪ] or [,dɪlə'tænti]

Definition

(adj.) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; 'his dilettantish efforts at painting' .

Checker: Roderick--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [It.] [1]. Amateur, connoisseur, virtuoso, critic, man of taste.[2]. Pretender to taste (in the fine arts).

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Definition

n. one who loves the fine arts but in a superficial way and without serious purpose (the amateur usually practises them): a dabbler in art science or literature:—pl. Dilettan′ti (′tē).—adj. Dilettan′tish.—ns. Dilettan′tism Dilettan′teism.

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