The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.
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Taste Roget’s Thesaurus §850
N. taste, good taste, refined taste, #cultivated taste, delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, #tact, finesse, nicety, τὸ πρέπον, #polish, elegance, grace, judgment, discernment, dilettantism, dilettanteism, virtu, fine art, culture, cultivation, aesthetics, man of taste &c, connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, aristarchus, corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist, "caviare to the general"
Adj. in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty, unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic, cultivated, refined, dainty, esthetic, aesthetic, artistic, elegant, euphemistic, to one's taste, to one's mind, after one's fancy, comme il faut, tiré à quatre épingles
Adv. elegantly
Phr. nihil tetigit quod non ornavit, chacun à son goût, oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus
No Bible verses found for "dilettanteism".
