dilettante
noun
a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
dilettantish
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a word derived from
dilettante.
Example Sentences
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His Romantic affinity for the remnants of antiquity was at once nonchalantly dilettantish and passionately committed.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2023
A former electronics whiz kid, he has squandered his youth on dilettantish studies in physics and anthropology, followed by a series of botched get-rich-quick schemes.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 15, 2019
And my admiration for James Levine's conducting has been mostly of the dilettantish variety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2018
Aside from a few of his almost universally praised projects, Johnson has been regarded by some critics and fellow architects as dilettantish, more slave to fashion than serious practitioner.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2010
He was exceedingly well fixed in a money way—a sort of dilettantish architect, with offices in the Metropolitan Tower.
From The Destroying Angel by Louis Joseph Vance
