Dilettante
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- | # A person who enjoys the arts. | + | A '''dilettante''' is a person who enjoys the arts; an [[amateur]], someone who [[dabble]]s in a field out of casual interest rather than as a [[profession]] or serious interest; a person with a broad but [[superficial]] interest in an art or a branch of [[knowledge]], sometimes used [[derogatory]]. |
- | # An [[amateur]], someone who [[dabble]]s in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest. | + | |
- | # A person with a broad but [[superficial]] interest in an art or a branch of [[knowledge]]. (Sometimes derogatory.) | + | |
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
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A dilettante is a person who enjoys the arts; an amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest; a person with a broad but superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge, sometimes used derogatory.
Etymology
From Italian dilettante, prop. present participle of dilettare (to delight), delectare (to delight).
Antonym
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