dilettante
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Italian dilettante, prop. ppr. of dilettare (“‘to delight’”) < Latin delectare (“‘to delight’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
IPA(Aus)/dılə'tɔnt/
[edit] Noun
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dilettante (plural dilettantes or dilettanti)
- An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
- Any person who enjoys the arts, regardless of expertise.
- A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge. (Sometimes derogatory.)
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[edit] Translations
person who enjoys the arts, regardless of expertise
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person with a general but superficial interest
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[edit] Adjective
dilettante (comparative more dilettante, superlative most dilettante)
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- Pertaining to or like a dilettante
[edit] Translations
- French: dilettante fr(fr)
- Dutch: dilettantisch nl(nl)
- Spanish: diletante es(es)
[edit] External links
- dilettante in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- dilettante in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Interlingua
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dilettante
[edit] Italian
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[edit] Adjective
dilettante m and f (m and f plural dilettanti)
[edit] Noun
dilettante m. and f. (plural dilettanti)
