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Dilettante Common

Dilettante has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge

2

An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.

Adjective
1

showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish

"his dilettantish efforts at painting"

2

Pertaining to or like a dilettante.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
amateur

Origin

The word comes from the Italian dilettante, which is the present participle of dilettare. It originally meant "to delight" and traces back to the Latin verb dēlectāre.

Rhyming Words
ante inte kinte conte tante sante monte kente yente ponte fante bente dente dante rente sente gente zante plante daunte
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