According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
DILETTANTI
DILETTANTE
dabbler, dilettante, sciolist
(noun) an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
dilettanti
plural of dilettante
Source: Wiktionary
DILETTANTE
Dil`et*tan"te, n.; pl. Dilettanti. Etym: [It., prop. p. pr. of dillettare to take delight in, fr. L. delectare to delight. See Delight, v. t.]
Definition: An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.
The true poet is not an eccentric creature, not a mere artist living only for art, not a dreamer or a dilettante, sipping the nectar of existence, while he keeps aloof from its deeper interests. J. C. Shairp.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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