noun
1. A dabbler in an art or field of knowledge.
The internet makes us dilettantes in almost everything; from comics to medicine, the reign of the professional has ended.
2. A lover of fine arts, a connoisseur.
Dilettantes owe everything to the Bohemians; little private art galleries and coffeehouses exist solely for their enjoyment.
Synonyms: abdecedarian, aesthete, aficionado, amateur, aspirant, cognoscente, connoisseur, dabbler, dallier, greenhorn, hobbyist, learner, neophyte, nonprofessional, noob, putterer, rookie, smatterer, tenderfoot, the ungifted man, trifler, tyro, uninitiate.
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