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- Dictionarydilettante/ˌdɪlɪˈtanti/
noun
- 1. a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge: "a wealthy literary dilettante"
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DILETTANTE definition: 1. a person who is or seems to be interested in a subject, but whose understanding of it is not…. Learn more.
The meaning of DILETTANTE is a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler. How to use dilettante in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dilettante.
noun. an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge. synonyms: dabbler, sciolist. see more. adjective. showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish. synonyms: dilettanteish, dilettantish, sciolistic. superficial.
DILETTANTE meaning: 1. a person who is or seems to be interested in a subject, but whose understanding of it is not…. Learn more.
You can use dilettante to talk about someone who seems interested in a subject, especially in art, but who does not really know very much about it.
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]
Definition of dilettante adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
