[dil-i-tahnt, dil-i-tahnt, -tahn-tey, -tan-tee] 
noun, plural -tantes, -tan⋅ti [-tahn-tee] , adjective | 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, esp. of a fine art. |
| 3. | of or pertaining to dilettantes. |
| dil·et·tante (dĭl'ĭ-tänt', dĭl'ĭ-tänt', -tän'tē, -tānt', -tān'tē) n. pl. dil·et·tantes also dil·et·tan·ti (-tän'tē, -tān'-)
[Italian, lover of the arts, from present participle of dilettare, to delight, from Latin dēlectāre; see delight.] dil'et·tan'tish adj., dil'et·tan'tism n. |
Someone who is interested in the fine arts as a spectator, not as a serious practitioner. Dilettante is most often used to mean a dabbler, someone with a broad but shallow attachment to any field.
ɪˌtɑnt
