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dilettantish

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dil⋅et⋅tante

  [dil-i-tahnt, dil-i-tahnt, -tahn-tey, -tan-tee] noun, plural -tantes, -tan⋅ti  [-tahn-tee] , adjective
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–noun
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.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to dilettantes.
Origin:
1725–35; < It, n. use of prp. of dilettare < L dēlectāre to delight

Related forms:
dil⋅et⋅tan⋅tish, dil⋅et⋅tan⋅te⋅ish, adjective

Synonyms:
1. amateur.
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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'-)

  1. A dabbler in an art or a field of knowledge. See Synonyms at amateur.

  2. A lover of the fine arts; a connoisseur.

adj.  Superficial; amateurish.

[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.
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