Words: Dilettante

[dil-i-tahnt, dil-i-tahnt, -tahn-tey, -tan-tee] noun, plural -tantes, -tanti
[-tahn-tee] adjective

–noun
1. a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, esp. in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
2. a lover of an art or science, esp. of a fine art.

–adjective
3. of or pertaining to dilettantes.

Origin:
1725–35; < It, n. use of prp. of dilettare < L dēlectāre to delight

Related forms:
dilettantish, dilettanteish, adjective

Synonyms:
1. amateur.