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dilettant

dilettant is the alternative form of dilettante.

Meaning of dilettante

Noun

dilettante (plural dilettanti or dilettantes)

  1. An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
    Synonyms:
    amateur, dabbler
    Antonyms:
    professional
  2. (derogatory, sometimes) A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.
    • A comment like "The author is a self-important dilettante." is really nothing more than a pretentious version of "u r a fag."2008 March, Paul Graham, How to Disagree

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Forms of dilettant

pluraldilettants

Questions about dilettant

What is dilettant the alternative form of?
Dilettant is the alternative form of dilettante.

Words near dilettant in the dictionary

  1. Dileonardos
  2. dilepidid
  3. dilepton
  4. dileptonic
  5. dileptons
  6. dilettant
  7. dilettante
  8. dilettanteish
  9. dilettanteishly
  10. dilettanteism
  11. dilettanteisms

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