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dilettante
noun
(dil-et-tan-te)
an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
Synonyms:
dabbler
,
sciolist
,
dilettante
adjective
(dil-et-tan-te)
showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish
Synonyms:
dilettanteish
,
dilettantish
,
sciolistic
,
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windbag
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sciolism
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polymath
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ironist
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rube
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prole
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egoist
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philosophe
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pedantry
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sophist
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hauteur
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impresario
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popinjay
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codger
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dogsbody
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fabulist
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genius
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hypochondriac
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