Dilettante Dilettante

Dilettante - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Aficionado, Amateur, Arbiter, Authority, Booster, Buff, Collector, Connoisseur, Critic, Dabbler, Epicure

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A dilettante (Italian "one taking delight in") is an enthusiast for the arts. The word is often used to mean someone with broad but superficial knowledge and interests, and as such can have a negative connotation.

Example Usage of Dilettante
MaryGrace77: @jaredleto "This Is War should dispel any lingering notions that the singer is a Dilettante": This was clear even from the first album!? :-T
edizquierdo: Iatrogenic Dilettante #flickr #photography http://flic.kr/p/7hozHb
aniki02Tunes: 聴いてゆ: ALI PROJECT - ディレッタントの秘かな愉しみ (from "Dilettante" rate: )
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