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Webster 1913 Edition
Dilettante
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Dilˊet-tan′te
,Noun.
pl.
Dilettanti
(#)
. [It., prop. p. pr. of ]
dillettare
to take delight in, fr. L. delectare
to delight. See Delight
, Verb.
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.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dilettante
DILETTANTE
,Noun.