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dilettanti
dilettante的複數形
Dil·et·tan·te n.; pl. Dilettanti 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.
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dilettante
adj : showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his
dilettantish efforts at painting" [syn: dilettantish,
dilettanteish, sciolistic]
n : an amateur who engages in an activity without serious
intentions and who pretends to have knowledge [syn: dabbler,
sciolist]
[also: dilettanti (pl)]