dilettanten.

Brit.

/ˌdɪlᵻˈtanti/,

/ˌdɪlᵻˈtanteɪ/, U.S.

/ˈdɪləˌtɑnt/,

/ˈdɪləˌtænt/,

/ˌdɪləˈtɑnt/,

/ˌdɪləˈtænt/

Forms: Plural dilettanti /-tiː/, rarely -es.

Etymology: Italian dilettante ‘a lover of music or painting’, < dilettare < Latin dēlectāre to delight: see delect v., etc. So modern French dilettante, 1878 in Dict. Acad.

a. A lover of the fine arts; originally, one who cultivates them for the love of them rather than professionally, and so = amateur n. as opposed to professional; but in later use generally applied more or less depreciatively to one who interests himself in an art or science merely as a pastime and without serious aim or study (‘a mere dilettante’).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > love or study of the arts > student or lover of the arts

virtuosoa1650

virtuosea1721

dilettante1733

man of virtu1749

conoscente1766

cognoscente1777

art-lover1847

dilettant1875

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge > dilettante

dabbler1611

ubiquitary1615

dilettante1826

dabster1871

dilettant1875

1733–4 [‘The Society of Dilettanti’ was founded].

1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 4 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1257 You are likely to hear of it as a virtuoso; and if so, I should be glad to profit of it, as an humble dilettante.

1769 (title) Ionian Antiquities, By the Society of Dilettanti.

1770 S. Foote Lame Lover i. 13 Frederick is a bit of Macaroni, and adores the soft Italian termination in a... Sir Luke. Yes, a delitanti all over.

1775 F. Burney Jrnl. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 173 (note) A female dilettante of great fame and reputation..as a singer.

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 161 Personages whose [musical] talents are celebrated, whether they are regarded as professors or Diletanti.

1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 12 576 Religious dilettanti, of every sex and age, reinforce the industry of the regular priesthood.

1802 Edinb. Rev. 1 165 Dilettanti who have pushed themselves into high places in the scientific world.

1826 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) I. vii. 265 It would be difficult to find a dilettante who understood the art of managing it [a parlour organ].

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. x. 24/2 Thou hitherto art a Dilettante and sandblind Pedant.

1840 T. B. Macaulay in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 351 The dilettante sneered at their want of taste. The maccaroni black-balled them as vulgar fellows.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar ii. 17 [The Romans] cared for art as dilettanti; but no schools either of sculpture or painting were formed among themselves.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. viii. 271 Rogers was a mere dilettante, who felt no difference between landing where Tell leaped ashore, or standing where ‘St. Preux has stood’.

†b. with of: a lover, one who is fond of. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1783 Hamilton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 189 Those who are professed dilettanti of miracles.

2. attributive.

a. In apposition, as dilettante musician, etc. = amateur.

ΚΠ

1775 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. (ed. 2) 4 That great Dilettante performer on the harp.

1789 F. Burney Lett. 27 Oct. A Dilettante purchaser may yet be found.

1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xv. 43 You are almost entirely reduced to Dilletanti Musicians.

1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall iii. 31 Sir Patrick O'Prism, a dilettante painter of high renown.

1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing v. 252 Suited for the dilettante artist.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 54 The dilettante believer is indeed not a strong spirit, but the weakest.

b. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a dilettante (in the shades of meaning the word has passed through).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [adjective] > characteristic of a dilettante

virtuosoa1667

dilettante1753

dabbling1816

dilettant1851

dilettantist1859

dilettantish1872

dilettanting1890

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > art loving

virtuosoa1667

dilettante1753

art-loving1820

dilettant1851

dilettantist1859

dilettantish1872

dilettanting1890

1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. xxxii. 231 He sometimes held forth upon painting, like a member of the Dillettanti club.

1775 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. (ed. 2) 59 He ordered his servant to bring in his Dilettante ring and wig.

1794 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit.: Pt. IV (ed. 7) 386 The dilettante spirit which too frequently prevails in Dr. Warton's comments.

1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) II. xiii. 266 I..will have a dilletante play, or concert, or some such thing, got up.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes vi. 347 To us it is no dilettante work, no sleek officiality; it is sheer rough death and earnest.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 148 A dilettante fastidiousness, an aimless inertia.

Derivatives

dileˈttante v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > have slight knowledge [verb (intransitive)] > play the dilettante

dabble1631

dilettante1837

dilettantize1843

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [verb (intransitive)] > love the arts

dilettante1837

1837 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 42 515 To go on dilettanteing it in the grossness of the moral atmosphere of the Continental cities.

dileˈttantize v. to play the dilettante (also to dilettante it).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > have slight knowledge [verb (intransitive)] > play the dilettante

dabble1631

dilettante1837

dilettantize1843

1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 346 Shooting partridges and dilettantizing at legislation.

dileˈttanting adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [adjective] > characteristic of a dilettante

virtuosoa1667

dilettante1753

dabbling1816

dilettant1851

dilettantist1859

dilettantish1872

dilettanting1890

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > art loving

virtuosoa1667

dilettante1753

art-loving1820

dilettant1851

dilettantist1859

dilettantish1872

dilettanting1890

1890 Spectator 11 Oct. 495 The Shakespeare temptation remains as strong as ever with the dilettanting world.

dileˈttantedom n. the world of dilettanti.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > love or study of the arts

virtuosity1673

virtue1709

virtu1722

dilettantism1808

dilettanteship1835

art appreciation1857

dilettantedom1887

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge > collectively

sciolous1677

superficial1701

dilettantedom1887

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Jan. 5/2 The favourite actress of dilettantedom.

dileˈttanteship n. the condition of a dilettante.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > dilettantism

dilettantism1808

amateurship1812

dilettanteship1835

dabbling1856

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > love or study of the arts

virtuosity1673

virtue1709

virtu1722

dilettantism1808

dilettanteship1835

art appreciation1857

dilettantedom1887

1835 G. P. R. James Gipsy v In the elegant charlatanism of dilettanteship.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dilettante
释义	dilettanten. Brit. /ˌdɪlᵻˈtanti/, /ˌdɪlᵻˈtanteɪ/, U.S. /ˈdɪləˌtɑnt/, /ˈdɪləˌtænt/, /ˌdɪləˈtɑnt/, /ˌdɪləˈtænt/ Forms: Plural dilettanti /-tiː/, rarely -es. Etymology: Italian dilettante ‘a lover of music or painting’, < dilettare < Latin dēlectāre to delight: see delect v., etc. So modern French dilettante, 1878 in Dict. Acad. 1. a. A lover of the fine arts; originally, one who cultivates them for the love of them rather than professionally, and so = amateur n. as opposed to professional; but in later use generally applied more or less depreciatively to one who interests himself in an art or science merely as a pastime and without serious aim or study (‘a mere dilettante’). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > love or study of the arts > student or lover of the arts virtuosoa1650 virtuosea1721 dilettante1733 man of virtu1749 conoscente1766 cognoscente1777 art-lover1847 dilettant1875 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge > dilettante dabbler1611 ubiquitary1615 dilettante1826 dabster1871 dilettant1875 1733–4 [‘The Society of Dilettanti’ was founded]. 1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 4 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1257 You are likely to hear of it as a virtuoso; and if so, I should be glad to profit of it, as an humble dilettante. 1769 (title) Ionian Antiquities, By the Society of Dilettanti. 1770 S. Foote Lame Lover i. 13 Frederick is a bit of Macaroni, and adores the soft Italian termination in a... Sir Luke. Yes, a delitanti all over. 1775 F. Burney Jrnl. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 173 (note) A female dilettante of great fame and reputation..as a singer. 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 161 Personages whose [musical] talents are celebrated, whether they are regarded as professors or Diletanti. 1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 12 576 Religious dilettanti, of every sex and age, reinforce the industry of the regular priesthood. 1802 Edinb. Rev. 1 165 Dilettanti who have pushed themselves into high places in the scientific world. 1826 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) I. vii. 265 It would be difficult to find a dilettante who understood the art of managing it [a parlour organ]. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. x. 24/2 Thou hitherto art a Dilettante and sandblind Pedant. 1840 T. B. Macaulay in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 351 The dilettante sneered at their want of taste. The maccaroni black-balled them as vulgar fellows. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar ii. 17 [The Romans] cared for art as dilettanti; but no schools either of sculpture or painting were formed among themselves. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. viii. 271 Rogers was a mere dilettante, who felt no difference between landing where Tell leaped ashore, or standing where ‘St. Preux has stood’. †b. with of: a lover, one who is fond of. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1783 Hamilton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 189 Those who are professed dilettanti of miracles. 2. attributive. a. In apposition, as dilettante musician, etc. = amateur. ΚΠ 1775 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. (ed. 2) 4 That great Dilettante performer on the harp. 1789 F. Burney Lett. 27 Oct. A Dilettante purchaser may yet be found. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xv. 43 You are almost entirely reduced to Dilletanti Musicians. 1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall iii. 31 Sir Patrick O'Prism, a dilettante painter of high renown. 1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing v. 252 Suited for the dilettante artist. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 54 The dilettante believer is indeed not a strong spirit, but the weakest. b. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a dilettante (in the shades of meaning the word has passed through). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [adjective] > characteristic of a dilettante virtuosoa1667 dilettante1753 dabbling1816 dilettant1851 dilettantist1859 dilettantish1872 dilettanting1890 society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > art loving virtuosoa1667 dilettante1753 art-loving1820 dilettant1851 dilettantist1859 dilettantish1872 dilettanting1890 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. xxxii. 231 He sometimes held forth upon painting, like a member of the Dillettanti club. 1775 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. (ed. 2) 59 He ordered his servant to bring in his Dilettante ring and wig. 1794 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit.: Pt. IV (ed. 7) 386 The dilettante spirit which too frequently prevails in Dr. Warton's comments. 1825 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) II. xiii. 266 I..will have a dilletante play, or concert, or some such thing, got up. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes vi. 347 To us it is no dilettante work, no sleek officiality; it is sheer rough death and earnest. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 148 A dilettante fastidiousness, an aimless inertia. Derivatives dileˈttante v. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > have slight knowledge [verb (intransitive)] > play the dilettante dabble1631 dilettante1837 dilettantize1843 society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [verb (intransitive)] > love the arts dilettante1837 1837 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 42 515 To go on dilettanteing it in the grossness of the moral atmosphere of the Continental cities. dileˈttantize v. to play the dilettante (also to dilettante it). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > have slight knowledge [verb (intransitive)] > play the dilettante dabble1631 dilettante1837 dilettantize1843 1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 346 Shooting partridges and dilettantizing at legislation. dileˈttanting adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [adjective] > characteristic of a dilettante virtuosoa1667 dilettante1753 dabbling1816 dilettant1851 dilettantist1859 dilettantish1872 dilettanting1890 society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > art loving virtuosoa1667 dilettante1753 art-loving1820 dilettant1851 dilettantist1859 dilettantish1872 dilettanting1890 1890 Spectator 11 Oct. 495 The Shakespeare temptation remains as strong as ever with the dilettanting world. dileˈttantedom n. the world of dilettanti. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > love or study of the arts virtuosity1673 virtue1709 virtu1722 dilettantism1808 dilettanteship1835 art appreciation1857 dilettantedom1887 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > person of superficial knowledge > collectively sciolous1677 superficial1701 dilettantedom1887 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Jan. 5/2 The favourite actress of dilettantedom. dileˈttanteship n. the condition of a dilettante. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > superficial knowledge > [noun] > dilettantism dilettantism1808 amateurship1812 dilettanteship1835 dabbling1856 society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > love or study of the arts virtuosity1673 virtue1709 virtu1722 dilettantism1808 dilettanteship1835 art appreciation1857 dilettantedom1887 1835 G. P. R. James Gipsy v In the elegant charlatanism of dilettanteship. 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