dilettante
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
dabbler, dilettanteish, dilettantish, sciolist, sciolistic, amateur
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
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dilettante: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
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