Antonyms for dilettante

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : dil-i-tahnt, dil-i-tahnt, -tahn-tey, -tan-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪl ɪˌtɑnt, ˌdɪl ɪˈtɑnt, -ˈtɑn teɪ, -ˈtæn ti

professional

Definition of dilettante

Origin : 1733, borrowing of Italian dilettante "lover of music or painting," from dilettare "to delight," from Latin delectare (see delight (n.)). Originally without negative connotation, "devoted amateur," the pejorative sense emerged late 18c. by contrast with professional.

adj amateurish
noun amateur

Example sentences :

I would rather have you find fault with me like a friend than approve me like a dilettante.
Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton

It never failed; the dilettante in fun was not to be deceived.
Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow

I really have no mind to turn into a dilettante spiritualist.
Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

And it is equally foreign to the lips of the dilettante lover.
Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad

Should he happen to be an artist, he must appear to be only a dilettante.
Extract from : « A History of French Literature » by Edward Dowden

And the Amateur was unknown—and the Dilettante undreamed of!
Extract from : « The Gentle Art of Making Enemies » by James McNeill Whistler

Bit of a student he thinks himself in his dilettante, Parisian way.
Extract from : « Trapped by Malays » by George Manville Fenn

The foundation of the Dilettante Club in 1734 marks the change.
Extract from : « English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century » by Leslie Stephen

It is only the dilettante who have visited Paris who profess to hold it in contempt.
Extract from : « The Land of Thor » by J. Ross Browne

I'm a trifler, a dilettante, and an amateur of the right and the good as I used to be when I was young.
Extract from : « The March Family Trilogy, Complete » by William Dean Howells

Synonyms for dilettante

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