dilettante
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dilettante /ˌdɪlɪˈtanteɪ, -ti/
▶noun (pl. dilettanti /-ti/ or dilettantes) a person who has a superficial interest in a subject but lacks real knowledge of it.
■ archaic a person with an amateur interest in the arts.
– derivatives
dilettantish adjective,
dilettantism noun.
dilettantish adjective,
dilettantism noun.
– origin C18: from Ital., ‘person loving the arts’.
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