Dilettante - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌdɪləˈtæntɪ|
Brit.
|ˌdɪlɪˈtænteɪ|
noun
- an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge (syn: dabbler, sciolist)
adjective
Extra examples
You can always tell a true expert from a dilettante.
...she writes about art not from the point of view of an artist but from that of a committed dilettante...
Word forms
noun
singular: dilettante
plural: dilettantes
singular: dilettante
plural: dilettantes
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