smatterer

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"But she's trivial, a smatterer, a decadent—" "And handsome," laughed Ballard.

From Paradise Garden The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment by Gibbs, George

To the philosophers at Athens he appears as the preacher of a new philosophy, and they think him a "smatterer" in such subjects.

From Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)

He was a smatterer of that most dangerous kind, who feel certain they have arrived at truth.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Oh the chatterer, oh the flatterer, Oh the smatterer in science, To whom all things clear should be!

From Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Butterworth, Hezekiah

If the question were, What is the best mode of securing good government in Europe? the merest smatterer in politics would answer, representative institutions.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron