One who has only a slight or superficial knowledge of (now rare) or in a matter; a dabbler. Also used without const.

A smatterer.

A person, esp. an editor of a text, who possesses only superficial knowledge; a sciolist.

A foolish pedant or would-be philosopher.

A person whose knowledge is only superficial, esp. one who makes much of it; a pretender to learning.

A foolish or superficial person; a gossip, a smatterer. (Apparently peculiar to Bastwick.)

A person who claims erudition without adequate grounds, or with intent to deceive; a superficial pretender to learning. Now rare.

A person whose knowledge, observation, or treatment of a subject is superficial.

(a) A wise fool, a jester. (b) A foolish pedant or would-be philosopher; = morosophist, n.

a person whose thought does not carry him far into a subject.