dilettante
n . 業余愛好者
a . 外行的,淺薄的
業餘愛好者外行的,淺薄的
dilettante adj 1 :
showing frivolous or superficial interest ;
amateurish ;
"
his dilettantish efforts at painting " [
synonym :
{
dilettante }, {
dilettantish }, {
dilettanteish },
{
sciolistic }]
n 1 :
an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge [
synonym :
{
dabbler }, {
dilettante }, {
sciolist }]
Dilettante \
Dil `
et *
tan "
te \,
n .;
pl . {
Dilettanti }. [
It .,
prop .
p .
pr .
of dillettare to take delight in ,
fr .
L .
delectare to delight .
See {
Delight },
v .
t .]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
The true poet is not an eccentric creature ,
not a mere artist living only for art ,
not a dreamer or a dilettante ,
sipping the nectar of existence ,
while he keeps aloof from its deeper interests . --
J .
C .
Shairp .
[
1913 Webster ]
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dilettante ":
Sunday painter ,
abecedarian ,
admirer ,
aesthete ,
aficionado ,
amateur ,
arbiter ,
arbiter elegantiarum ,
arbiter of taste ,
authority ,
bon vivant ,
booster ,
buff ,
cognoscente ,
collector ,
connaisseur ,
connoisseur ,
coquet ,
critic ,
criticaster ,
dabbler ,
dabbling ,
dabster ,
dallier ,
devotee ,
dilettantish ,
dunce ,
epicure ,
epicurean ,
expert ,
fan ,
fancier ,
flirt ,
follower ,
fool ,
freak ,
fribble ,
good judge ,
gourmand ,
gourmet ,
grammaticaster ,
greenhorn ,
greeny ,
groupie ,
half scholar ,
idolater ,
idolizer ,
ignoramus ,
illiterate ,
illiterati ,
jackleg ,
judge ,
know -
nothing ,
lowbrow ,
maven ,
middlebrow ,
no scholar ,
nonprofessional ,
nut ,
philologaster ,
philosophaster ,
piddler ,
potterer ,
puddinghead ,
pundit ,
putterer ,
refined palate ,
rooter ,
savant ,
scholar ,
sciolist ,
smatterer ,
specialist ,
technical expert ,
technician ,
tenderfoot ,
trifler ,
tyro ,
unaccomplished ,
unfinished ,
ungifted ,
unintelligentsia ,
unskilled ,
virtuoso ,
votary ,
worshiper
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DILETTANTE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster dilettante may apply to the lover of an art rather than its skilled practitioner but usually implies elegant trifling in the arts and an absence of serious commitment
DILETTANTE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary DILETTANTE definition: 1 a person who is or seems to be interested in a subject, but whose understanding of it is not… Learn more
Dilettante - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com A dilettante is an amateur, often one who pretends to be very knowledgeable The meaning of dilettante has changed since it was borrowed from the Italian in the mid 1700s
DILETTANTE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Dilettante definition: a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler See examples of DILETTANTE used in a sentence
dilettante - Wiktionary, the free dictionary dilettante (comparative more dilettante, superlative most dilettante) Pertaining to or like a dilettante
DILETTANTE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary You can use dilettante to talk about someone who seems interested in a subject, especially in art, but who does not really know very much about it
dilettante, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . . What does the noun dilettante mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun dilettante, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions This entry has not yet been fully revised