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Dictionary definition and meaning for dilettante

DILETTANTE

(noun) an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
synonyms : dabbler , sciolist
(adj.) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish
"his dilettantish efforts at painting"
synonyms : dilettanteish , dilettantish , sciolistic

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(Tag: Hindi) i called ramu tent wala and ramu tied dhilla(loose) tent because he was dilettante.
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(Tag: ) If you move the 'di' to the end of the word, you can get 'let ants die', which someone who kept an ant farm for superficial reasons would do
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(Tag: ) divide it like dilett+ante(aunt)...dilett(sounds like DELIGHT)......so your AUNT who does painting just becoz she gets DELIGHTED BY DOING THIS..BUT SHE DOES NOT HAVe any interest in it to persue it further as her career.
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