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  • I was criticizing the sort of shallow diletante who thinks a physical place confers status on the pretender who simply associates him or her self with that place.

    Gay life in Mexico 2006

  • Many are turning away from the word "horror" but I like all the terms: stories of horror, wonder, terror, fantasy, the inexplicable, the supernatural, as long as the inspiration is not that of the diletante or the sadist.

    Antiquarian Weird Tales: Frights Chris Perridas 2008

  • Many are turning away from the word "horror" but I like all the terms: stories of horror, wonder, terror, fantasy, the inexplicable, the supernatural, as long as the inspiration is not that of the diletante or the sadist.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Chris Perridas 2008

  • I wouldn't villify an honest diletante, in or out of costume.

    What is "phony"? 2005

  • You put an incoherent, narcissistic diletante into the most powerful office in America as a prop to cover for the looting of the federal till.

    Firedoglake » Your Republican Government At Work…Or Not… 2006

  • Here I am, stuck with too many choices. too many, and I end up with no real education, direction, and feeling like a diletante. oh well.

    wench77 Diary Entry wench77 2003

  • He was an artist by profession; his inclination -- and his leisure -- made him more of a _diletante_ than any thing else.

    The Inner Sisterhood A Social Study in High Colors George Douglass Sherley 1887

  • In fact he is a virtual lightweigh­t and a shallow diletante in every single thing he does. coastalcarla 19 minutes ago 11:42 AM I'm sure he'll be able to fall back on his education when his cute look is gone.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

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