Dilettante (noun)
dili-tan-tee
A person who cultivates an interest in something, such as the arts, without and real commitment or knowledge.
From Italian, late 18th century.
Example sentences
“People thought him an expert but in honesty he was just a dilettante.”
“And how will we know the dilettante from the expert?.”
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