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dilettante

Meaningto delight

Common meaning: an amateur dabbler in the arts

Journey through time

  1. Italiandilettare‘to delight’source
  2. Italianmeaning shiftsto delight → delighting indilettante‘delighting in’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsdelighting in → an amateur dabbler in the artsdilettante‘an amateur dabbler in the arts’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Italian dilettare ‘to delight’.

Roots

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