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dilettante - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'dilettante' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dilettante [ 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.

Meaning of 'dilettante' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dilettante [ s]
Meaning (1):
- showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish
Example in sentence:
  • his dilettantish efforts at painting

Nearby Words:

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