||Dil`et*tan"te (?), n.; pl. Dilettanti (#). [It., prop. p. pr. of dillettare to take delight in, fr. L. delectare to delight. See Delight, v. t.] An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.

The true poet is not an eccentric creature, not a mere artist living only for art, not a dreamer or a dilettante, sipping the nectar of existence, while he keeps aloof from its deeper interests.

• A person who enjoys the arts.
  
• An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
  
• A person with a broad but superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge. (Sometimes derogatory.)
  
  Interlingua
  Italian
• amateur
  
• An amateur
  
• A dilettante