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dilettante

/dɪləˈtɒnti/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
  2. (sometimes offensive) A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.
  3. Pertaining to or like a dilettante.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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