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Definition of Dilettanti
1. dilettante [n] - See also: dilettante
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dilettanti
Literary usage of Dilettanti
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"He also wrote the ' address to the reader' in the first volume of ' Ionian
Antiquities,' which was published by the Society of dilettanti in 17(59 for ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1818)
"BY WILLIAM WASTLE, ESQUIRE, Member of the dilettanti, Boyal, and Antiquarian
Societies, and of the Union and Ben Waters's Clubs of Edinburgh ; Honorary ..."
3. Memoirs of the Political and Private Life of James Caulfield, Earl of by Francis Hardy (1812)
"and an undertaking which emanated from the society of the dilettanti, was
particularly patronized by him. On every account it deserves to be recorded. ..."
4. A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus & Branchidæ by Sir Charles Thomas Newton, Richard Popplewell Pullan (1863)
"... stucco ; reasons for considering the building a Gymnasium ; excavation of
adjacent Roman building; Ionic'portico discovered by dilettanti Society; ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1799)
"A Letter to the dilettanti Society, respecting the Obten- tion of certain Matters
essentially necessary for the Improvement of Public Taste, ..."
6. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1866)
"Noi have these discoveries been the mere amusement of dilettanti philosophers.
The observation of these minute forms of life has led to a more correct and ..."
7. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"Plunging once more into literary controversy, Barry issued his memorable ' Letter
to the dilettanti Society,' in which ..."
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