Although she is only a dilettante in the field of art, she has a genius for mathematics. From LearnThat.org.
The word dilettante derives from the Italian dilettare, meaning to delight in. From Wordnik.com. [21 DOG YEARS] Reference
The real generalist is sometimes known as a dilettante and needs an independent income. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Palin, Ignorance, and Stupidity Revisited] Reference
'No, the word dilettante did not accord with that face, the expression of that face, those eyes ....'. From Wordnik.com. [Dream Tales and Prose Poems] Reference
‘No, the word dilettante did not accord with that face, the expression of that face, those eyes ....’. From Wordnik.com. [Dream tales and prose poems] Reference
Haddon Channing might have been described as a dilettante radical. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Pilgrimage] Reference
An eclectic essayist is necessarily a dilettante, which is not in itself a bad thing. From Wordnik.com. [memoirs on a rainy day] Reference
Either he will become a dilettante, which is the French way, or he will take to drink and mystical nihilism, a career very popular in. From Wordnik.com. [The Open Secret of Ireland] Reference
I am a-- I've seen your word for it -- a 'dilettante'. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
You do realise that 'dilettante' means 'frivolous amateur', don't you?. From Wordnik.com. [Hummus Dilettante] Reference
Roll Call, a Congressional journal, even described the young Mr Blair as a "dilettante". From Wordnik.com. [05/21/2006] Reference
I have become "dilettante" literate in the difference, say, between Hayek and Keynes over the last 2 years or so. From Wordnik.com. [The Case for Killing Textbook Macro, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Except for that word dilettante, that is. From Wordnik.com. [I watch the ripples change their size, but never leave the stream] Reference
What a lot of laziness, for instance, that word dilettante has served to cover. ". From Wordnik.com. [Là-bas] Reference
When Northwestern coach Bill Carmody describes Jeremy Nash as a "dilettante," it is. From Wordnik.com. [BallHype - Top Sports News, Videos, and Blogs] Reference
There was in him none of that antiquarian frivolity that we convey by the word "dilettante". From Wordnik.com. [The Wisdom of Father Brown] Reference
No, the word "dilettante" did not consort with that face, with the expression of that face, of those eyes. From Wordnik.com. [A Reckless Character And Other Stories] Reference
Science cannot be served by 'dilettante' methods, but demands a mind spurred by ambition or the satisfaction of ideals. From Wordnik.com. [Scott's Last Expedition Volume I] Reference
"" The Newton Boys '' will prove he's no dilettante. From Wordnik.com. [A Beverly Hillbilly] Reference
He means to be more than a dilettante at publishing. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Of Age] Reference
I have to say, you don't sound like a rock star dilettante. From Wordnik.com. [Newsmakers] Reference
It never failed; the dilettante in fun was not to be deceived. From Wordnik.com. [Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others] Reference
Critics suggest, perhaps unfairly, that he's little more than a dilettante. From Wordnik.com. [Charisma Is Not Enough] Reference
Goldsmiths offered marvellous wares for the purchase of the affluent dilettante. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of Modern Europe] Reference
With more culture Laurier would have been the most exquisite dilettante of his age. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
Such a sense of shame seems to be back of the dilettante artist, wherever he appears in verse. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
But to his vast surprise not a word was said, and the dilettante hunters faded away one by one. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
"I was a dilettante, sitting in cafes, taking pictures of girls and doing heroin," he remembers. From Wordnik.com. [GIVING BACK] Reference
That and the new sensation of work serves to hold the dilettante of our country to his long task. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
Pushing down on the tab to get his dribble it seemed to him that every man was a dilettante artist. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
Long, hot days make idle contemplation almost obligatory, bringing out the urbane dilettante in us all. From Wordnik.com. [Substance, Style And Spirit] Reference
I think - well, first of all, the cancer that I had in my 20s was, I even referred to it as the dilettante cancer. From Wordnik.com. [David Rakoff's 'Half Empty' Worldview Is Full Of Wit] Reference
Whitman ran an amateurish campaign (she had to fire her brother as campaign manager) and was painted as an aristocratic dilettante. From Wordnik.com. [Not The Year Of The Women] Reference
I had no desire or ambition to be a mere dilettante Socialist, and as dirt and squalor had to be faced, well, I was ready to face them. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl Among the Anarchists] Reference
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