La Dilettante

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• dilettante — [ diletɑ̃t ] n. • 1740; mot it. « celui qui s adonne à un art par plaisir »; p. prés. de dilettare « délecter » 1 ♦ Vx Amateur passionné de musique. ⇒ mélomane. Par ext. Amateur d art, de littérature. « Le dilettante n a pas de tempérament… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Dilettante Press — is an independent book publisher, co founded by Jodi Wille, Nick Rubenstein, and Steven Nalepa in 1995. Dilettante is a publishing house dedicated to “challeng[ing] traditional notions of art and culture,” focusing its efforts on featuring… …   Wikipedia

• Dilettante (album) — Dilettante Studio album by ALI PROJECT Released June 6, 2005 Label Tokuma Japan Communications ALI PROJECT …   Wikipedia

• Dilettante — may refer to: A person who enjoys the arts or someone who engages in a field as an amateur out of casual interest rather than as a profession Dilettante Society Music The Dilettantes, a San Francisco neo psychedelic rock band Dilettante (album),… …   Wikipedia

• Dilettante — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dilettante — 1733, borrowing of It. dilettante lover of music or painting, from dilettare to delight, from L. delectare (see DELIGHT (Cf. delight)). Originally without negative connotation, devoted amateur, the pejorative sense emerged late 18c. by contrast… …   Etymology dictionary

• dilettante — [adj] amateurish artsy fartsy*, dabbling, green*, half baked*, half cocked*, rookie, tenderfoot*, unaccomplished, ungifted, unskilled; concept 527 Ant. professional dilettante [n] amateur abecedarian, aesthete, connoisseur, dabbler, dallier,… …   New thesaurus

• dilettante — [dil′ə tänt΄, dil′ətant΄; dil΄ə tänt′, dil′ətant′; ] occas. [ dil΄ə tän′tē, dil΄ətan′tē] n. pl. dilettantes or dilettanti [dil΄ə tən′tī΄, dil΄ə tən′tē] [It < prp. of dilettare, to delight < L delectare, to charm, DELIGHT] 1. Now Rare a… …   English World dictionary

• dilettante — DILETTANTE: Homme très riche, abonné à l Opéra …   Dictionnaire des idées reçues

• dilettante — [part. pres. di dilettare ]. ■ s.m. e f. 1. [chi svolge un attività non per professione, né per lucro, ma per piacere proprio] ▶◀ amatore, appassionato, cultore, [di teatro] filodrammatico. ◀▶ professionista. 2. (spreg.) [chi dimostra… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

• dilettante — 1 *amateur, dabbler, tyro Contrasted words: artist, *expert, adept 2 *aesthete, connoisseur Contrasted words: *artist, artificer, architect: *writer …   New Dictionary of Synonyms