ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DILETTANTE
From Italian, from dilettare to delight, from Latin dēlectāre.
5 QUOTES WITH «DILETTANTE»
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dilettante.
Life must be something more than dilettante speculation.
I always worry that I'm a dilettante: I know something about lots of things but don't have exhaustive knowledge of much.
The cat is a dilettante in fur.
Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist.
This dilettante notion that the global economy is evil because big corporate leaders make too much money... they do make too much money, but the only way we've figured out how to generate wealth in this world is through the market economy.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DILETTANTE»
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dilettante in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
dilettante and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The
Dilettante Book of Chocolate and Confections
Dilettante Chocolates (Firm)
Dana Taylor Davenport, Ruth Reed, 1986
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The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford: ...
This is a seriously funny book! Traditional Qabalistic (or Cabalistic, or, indeed, Kabbalistic -- read this book to find out what the difference is...we know you've always wondered) sources tend to be a bit, er, dry.
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The Musical
Dilettante: A Treatise on Composition by J. F. Daube
This book offers a most comprehensive view of galant composition available in a single volume.
Johann Friedrich Daube, Susan P. Snook-Luther, 2006
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Encores for a
Dilettante
On the morning of his 45th birthday, a youthful-looking Prof.
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Job Hopper: The Checkered Career of a Down-market
Dilettante
The author of No Touch Monkey! and The Big Rumpus turns her experiences as a lifeguard, library attendant, costume designer, massage therapist, and mime into humorous prose about life in the working world. Original.
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Canada and the OAS: From
Dilettante to Full Partner
This book traces the developing relationship between Canada and the oas (Organization of American States) and the pau (Pan American Union) before Canada's accession to full membership in the former organization in 1989.
Dedicated to nobles and entertainers, Dilettante looks at the wealthier and more ambitious careers.
Pete Nash, Charlotte Law, 2010
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A Death for a
Dilettante
Robert Forsythe, a barrister, and Miss Sanderson, his secretary, pose as housequests at Penndragon in order to find out who is behind the attempts on Winslow Penndragon's life
If you are living among the ranks of people who lack for fascinating stories to tell at parties, have been telling the same boring tales and jokes all your life at family gatherings, and are left in the conversational dust by your ...
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Maxie Mainwaring, Lesbian
Dilettante
Monica Nolan. district behind. The docks weren't far. Already she could smell the
faintly fishy scent of the lake, and see the sleeping cranes, visible above the tops
of buildings. The gates in the chain-link fence were closed and locked at night, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DILETTANTE»
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dilettante is used in the context of the following news items.
Varoufakis Exit Stage Left. Lew Enter Stage Right. | GreekReporter …
... like a storm that Greek Prime Minister Tsipras is some self-styled, left-wing dilettante determined to create a Che Guevara-esque revolution. «Greek Reporter, Jul 15»
GoLocalPDX | Scott Bruun: Salem and Olympia – A Tale of Two Cities
Few, that is, except California hedge-fund billionaire and environmental-dilettante Tom Steyer. Steyer matters because it was his millions in ... «GoLocalPDX, Jul 15»
Profile: Zac Goldsmith MP, the outsider leading the race to become …
His victory dispelled any remaining suspicions that he was a mere dilettante: a rich man attracted to self-indulgent green fads who thought it ... «Conservative Home, Jul 15»
For $77,500, This 2009 Dodge Viper Is A Snake Of A Different Color
Mileage on the car is low and the seller says that he's had Vipers prior to this one so it probably hasn't been subjected to a dilettante's ... «Jalopnik, Jul 15»
Change in Attire Apart, Prince Rahul Still a Dabbler in Politics - The …
... what is evident is the realisation in the Nehru-Gandhi household that politics is a serious matter, that it is not for a dilettante who flies in from a ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
Alberto Contador and the history of the Giro d'Italia-Tour de France …
The Irishman accused the Italian of being a dilettante who didn't need to ride a bike: a daddy's boy, a playboy, not a team player. And in 1987 ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
GREECE JUST TAUGHT CAPITALISTS A LESSON ABOUT WHAT …
The vote is huge lesson for conservatives and anyone else who thinks this is about a dilettante government of left-wing idealists who think they ... «Fort Leavenworth Lamp, Jul 15»
Inside Ben Affleck's Past Romances with Jennifer Lopez and …
"And I got shorthanded as 'that guy': Jennifer Lopez, movies bombed, there he must be a sort of thoughtless, dilettante, solipsistic consumer, ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil @ Hammersmith Apollo, London
Material in-between is mostly drawn from their classic 1970s albums, peppered with more dilettante moments from their Spanish and Italian ... «musicOMH.com, Jul 15»
Grapes & Soda: Dishes are carefully crafted to match the natural wines
Catherine and Pierre Breton's Dilettante Vouvray is a chenin blanc with a honeyed nougat viscosity that's very easy to drink. But mushroom ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
