dĭl'ĭ-tänt', dĭl'ĭ-tänt', -tănt'
One who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature.
Alternative form of dilettantish.
One who smatters; one who dabbles in or experiments with a little bit of everything, especially knowledge.
Like an amateur; inexpert; unskillful
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Not a qualified member of a professional group.
Not skilled
sciolist
One who exhibits only superficial knowledge; a self-proclaimed expert with little real understanding.
One who is not a professional; an amateur.
A pewterer, who produced small pewter utensils, like saltcellars.
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A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
(Obsolete) Ignorant.
dabster
An expert; one who is master of their profession.
(Chiefly in plural) A surface detail.
Having or showing great skill; expert:
(Countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude. [First attested in the early 17 th century.]
free-thinker
The definition of a connoisseur is a person who is an expert at something or who has informed and discriminating taste.
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