n. An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
n. A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.
adj. Pertaining to or like a dilettante.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An admirer or lover of the fine arts, science, or letters; an amateur; one who pursues an art or literature desultorily and for amusement: often used in a disparaging sense for a superficial and affected dabbler in literature or art.
Relating to dilettantism; having the characteristics of dilettanti.
To play the dilettante.
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n. an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
adj. showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish
Word Usage
"‘No, the word dilettante did not accord with that face, the expression of that face, those eyes ....’"