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Webster 1913 Edition

Dilettant

Dil′et-tantˊ

,

Adj.

Of or pertaining to dilettanteism; amateur;

as,

dilettant

speculation

.

Carlyle.

Dilˊet-tant′

,

Noun.

A dilettante.

Though few art lovers can be connoisseurs, many are

dilettants

.

Fairholt.