dilettante

Example Sentences

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"I like facts, I like knowledge, I like having wide interests. There's various ways of describing such a person, dilettante might be one way and polymath might be another."

From BBC

“The Scent of Burnt Flowers” makes a compelling case that Bazawule is no literary dilettante.

From New York Times

I love getting to be a professional dilettante.

From Los Angeles Times

“It really expanded my understanding of music I was a dilettante with. It helped me go deeper.”

From Seattle Times

I had thought of Hopper as something of a photography dilettante, but Rozzo makes the case that his work had genuine artistic merit.

From Los Angeles Times