dilettante
noun
a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
dilettanti
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pluralof dilettante.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This kind of heroic misinformation provoked some murmuring from English dilettanti who, arriving in Rome armed with nothing but their recollections of Piranesi's engravings, were disappointed by the city.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of the finest early lithographs were by French dilettanti whose names have not transpired.
From Time Magazine Archive
The directors are just so many dilettanti who don't know their job.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am prepared to have certain dilettanti sneer-ingly say, “This book is of no critical value.”
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook
All the composers whose works he conducts justly load him down with thanks and felicitations, and his talent and indefatigable power are acclaimed constantly by all the dilettanti of Monte Carlo.
From My Recollections by Jules Massenet
