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dilettante

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  1. 1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. adj. showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 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. 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. Source: webster
  5. 5. 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. Source: adambom
  6. 6. n:100 s. showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish Source: ecdict

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