10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DILETTANTISH»
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Lloyd's Encyclopædic dictionary
dilettantish—. dilp. 47 arts ; an amateur ; frequently applied half in contempt to
one who affects a taste fur or •kill in art, science, or literature. " Of dardas toon let
dilettanti tell." Bgron : Knglith Barde and Scotch Mmtamtru, % The Society of ...
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A Supplementary English Glossary
E. A. Pot, Marginalia, Intrud. Dilettantish. One fond of art, &c. , or practising it, but
not following it as a profession, is called a dilettante (Ital.). Dilettantish therefore
nieuns very much the same as the word with which it is coupled in the extract.
Thomas Lewis Owen Davies, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, 1881
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
dilettante n I syn CONNOISSEUR, aesthete, cognoscente 2 syn AMATEUR 2,
abecedarian, dabbler, nonprofessional, smatterer, tyro, uninitiate dilettante adj
syn AMATEURISH, dabbling, dilettantish, dil- ettantist, jackleg, unaccomplished,
...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
An English professor's description of her tentative (and failed) attempt to save a
proposal from being labeled “dilettantish” illustrates the way in which deference
can limit rather than promote discussion: I work in twentieth century, but I'm not an
...
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The Encyclopædic Dictionary: A New, and Original Work of ...
dilettantish—. dilp. 17 tare = to love, to take a delight in ; Lat. delecto.] A lover or
admirer of the fine arts ; an amateur; frequently applied half in contempt to one
who affects a taste for or skill in art, science, or literature. " Or TMrdan tours let ...
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The Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A New Original Work of ...
dilettantish—. dilp. 47 tart = to love, to take a delight in ; Lat. delfcto.] A lover or
admirer of the flue arts ; an amateur; frequently applied hnlf in contempt to one
who affects a taste for or skill in art, science, or literature. " Of DanUn tours let
dilrttantl ...
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The Ghost of the Executed Engineer: Technology and the Fall ...
He urged Russian engineers to stop approaching problems in what he called an
"academic-dilettantish" way and instead to become hard-headed, realistic
engineers who evaluate problems in all 14 THE GHOST OF THE EXECUTED ...
As I told you repeatedly, psychoanalysis makes some very valuable contributions
, but it rests on an incomplete, dilettantish knowledge of human physiology.
Therefore it is dilettantism. It also rests on a dilettantish knowledge of the human
soul, ...
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Seditions: Heidegger and the Limit of Modernity
Does it thereby continue those dilettantish reflections which, prior to the
appearance of linguistics and in fact at the turn from the eighteenth to the
nineteenth century, entertained cultivated society? Or does it lay claim to a "
regional" ontology?
Heribert Boeder, Marcus Brainard, 1997
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Gypsy Music in European Culture: From the Late Eighteenth to ...
Earlytwentiethcentury Hungary, therefore,sawan antagonism emerge inmusical
preference between a highEuropean universalism and a national tradition
perceived as dilettantish and not entirely authentic. This dichotomy foundits
reflection ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DILETTANTISH»
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Mark O'Halloran says Shadow of a Gunman character is an echo of …
The dilettantish Davoren never disabuses them of their fancy and – while this produces considerable mirth for the audience – the ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
Facing up to the past
The “blood sacrifices” were the 16 men who lay dead on the square in front of the Feldherrnhalle loggia after Hitler's dilettantish coup and a ... «The German Times Online, Jul 15»
Passage through India – on a Rs 500-a-day budget
"We did not want a dilettantish engagement, a dalliance," says Saurav. "This was to be our life, the way we lived," says Devapriya. As for money ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jun 15»
The Finest Surf Contest Coverage Ever?
I don't know that much about surfing, but I have a deep (if dilettantish) affection for it, and I read SURFER magazine each month, because for ... «Surfer Magazine, Jun 15»
I Was A Quizbowl Champion
Despite our demographic similarities, our paths through academia and dilettantish interests vary wildly. We have M.D./Ph.D. candidates who ... «Deadspin, Jun 15»
Monday's MusicNow concert salutes John Zorn and Evanston native …
The music is stylistically varied, but there's nothing dilettantish or pastiche-like about it—it flows with elegance and rigor, moving seamlessly ... «Chicago Reader, May 15»
War of Words
... scene and the second one “a few minutes later,” the playwright is either astonishingly languid or astonishingly dilettantish with the audience, ... «Metroland, May 15»
Kevin McGarry On the Future of Art Criticism According to Jason …
... a productive one: How has it become so agreeable for artists and curators to subsume music into the art world in such a dilettantish way? «artnet News, May 15»
Cannes-Do: Rodarte Designers Always Wanted to Direct
And it also suggests the film world is beginning to take what would in the past have been dismissed as dilettantish forays seriously — just as ... «New York Times, May 15»
The spiritual Kamal Hassan
His forays into religion, art and even artistic film-making may be dilettantish but most thinking humans afflicted with that vague feeling of wanting ... «Times of India, May 15»
