dilettante

Meanings

Plural: dilettantes, dilettanti

Noun

an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.

Adjective Satellite

showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish

Adj

Pertaining to or like a dilettante.

Origin / Etymology

From Italian dilettante, present participle of dilettare (“to delight”), from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight”).

Synonyms

amateur, dabbler, dilettanteish, dilettantish, sciolist, sciolistic

Antonyms

professional

Scrabble Score: 11

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Words With Friends Score: 13

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