This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly meme is a great way of improving your vocabulary. If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in a comment on Heena’s WOW post.
Here’s my WOW for this week:
Word
dilettante
Plural
dilettantes or dilettanti
Part of Speech
both noun and adjective
Pronunciation
dil-et-tante (dĭl′ĭ-tänt′)
Meaning
noun – someone who dabbles in an art or field of knowledge
adjective – amateurish, superficial
Synonyms
noun – amateur, aesthete, dabbler, nonprofessional, sciolist, smatterer, trifler, uninitiate
adjective – amateurish, dilettanteish, dilettantish, nonprofessional, sciolist, unprofessional, unskilled, unskillfull
Antonyms
noun – expert, master, pro, professional, specialist
adjective – able, capable, competent, good, skillful
Word Origin
C18th Italian lover of the arts, from present participle of dilettare, to delight, from Latin dēlectāre
Use in a sentence
noun – Whilst he professed to be a master of the subject, in truth he was a dilettante, merely skimming the surface in order to spout superficial inanities.
adjective – It was a dilettante effort, completely unprofessional in brushstroke and content, and would never be accepted at the academy.
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Cool word for the week, and I am pouting because I think I am a dilettante too…. 😉
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I think I might be too. Thanks for visiting. 🙂
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Love to learn about new words (English is not my first language)
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I’m glad I can help to expand your vocabulary. 🙂
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Great word Louise! It sounds very stylish! I love it…
Thanks for the post 🙂
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Thanks, Heena. 🙂 I thought it an interesting word. I’m glad you like it!
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