dilettantishadj.
Savouring of the nature or quality of a dilettante.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [adjective] > characteristic of a dilettante
virtuosoa1667
dilettante1753
dabbling1816
dilettant1851
dilettantist1859
dilettantish1872
dilettanting1890
society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > art loving
virtuosoa1667
dilettante1753
art-loving1820
dilettant1851
dilettantist1859
dilettantish1872
dilettanting1890
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch I. ii. xix. 343 You are dilettantish and amateurish.
1881 H. James Portrait of Lady II. v. 68 It made people idle and dilettantish, and second-rate; there was nothing tonic in an Italian life.
1893 Nation (N.Y.) 16 Feb. 129/3 It presents..a dilettantish ‘appreciation’ of Dante.
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