DILETTANTISH

dilettante, dilettantish, dilettanteish, sciolistic

(adjective) showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; “his dilettantish efforts at painting”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

dilettantish (comparative more dilettantish, superlative most dilettantish)

amateurish

Source: Wiktionary


Dil`et*tant"ish, a.

Definition: Dilettanteish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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