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dilettante

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English

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WOTD – 25 July 2010

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromItaliandilettante, present participle ofdilettare(“to delight”), fromLatindēlectāre(“to delight”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dilettante (pluraldilettantiordilettantes)

  1. Anamateur, someone whodabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
    Synonyms:amateur,dabbler
    Antonym:professional
  2. (sometimes derogatory) A person with a general butsuperficial interest in any art or a branch ofknowledge.
    • 2008 March, Paul Graham,How to Disagree‎[1]:
      A comment like "The author is a self-importantdilettante." is really nothing more than a pretentious version of "u r a fag."
    • 2024 October 31, Stephanie Amante-Ritter, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” (3:33 from the start), inStar Trek: Lower Decks‎[2], season 5, episode 3, spoken by Andy Billups (Paul Scheer):
      “Call me Zack Ransom.” “And I'm Gilbert Manhandle, literarydilettante with a gambling addiction.” “Nobody's going to remember that. You can be Zandy Billups.” “Fine. But I'm still a gambling addict.”

Usage notes

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  • Contrary to common belief, this word is actually derived from Italian, not from French, in which the-ante ending would be feminine. This word is therefore correct for a person of any gender.

Derived terms

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Related terms

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Translations

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someone who dabbles—see alsodabbler,‎amateur
person with a general but superficial interest
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See also

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Adjective

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dilettante (comparativemoredilettante,superlativemostdilettante)

  1. Pertaining to or like a dilettante.

Translations

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pertaining to or like a dilettante

References

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  1. ^“dilettante”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^“dilettante”, inDictionary.com Unabridged,Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Further reading

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromItaliandilettante.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dilettante m orfby sense (pluraldilettantes)

  1. dilettante

Further reading

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Interlingua

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Noun

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dilettante (pluraldilettantes)

  1. dilettante

Italian

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Etymology

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Fromdilettare(“to delight”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.letˈtan.te/
  • Rhymes:-ante
  • Hyphenation:di‧let‧tàn‧te

Noun

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dilettante m orfby sense (pluraldilettanti)

  1. amateur
  2. dilettante

Descendants

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Adjective

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dilettante m orfby sense (pluraldilettanti)

  1. amateur

Related terms

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