different between digress vs dilettante
digress
English
Etymology
From Latin digressum, past participle of digredi.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: di?gress
- IPA(key): /da?????s/, /d?????s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Verb
digress (third-person singular simple present digresses, present participle digressing, simple past and past participle digressed)
- (intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
- Moreover she beginneth to digress in latitude.
- In the pursuit of an argument there is hardly room to digress into a particular definition as often as a man varies the signification of any term.
- (intransitive) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Act 5 Scene 3
- Thy overflow of good converts to bad;
And thy abundant goodness shall excuse
This deadly blot in thy digressing son.
- Thy overflow of good converts to bad;
- 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Act 5 Scene 3
Usage notes
Often heard in the set phrase But I digress, where the word behaves as a stative verb, whereas it otherwise patterns as a dynamic verb.
Synonyms
- (turn from the course of argument): sidetrack
Related terms
- digression
- digressive
- excursive
Translations
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dilettante
English
Alternative forms
- dilettant
Etymology
From Italian dilettante, prop. present participle of dilettare (“to delight”), from Latin d?lect?re (“to delight”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?l??t?nti/
- (US) IPA(key): /?d?l??t?nt/
Noun
dilettante (plural dilettanti or dilettantes)
- An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest.
- Synonyms: amateur, dabbler
- Antonym: professional
- (sometimes offensive) A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge.
Derived terms
- dilettantish, dilettanteish
- dilettantism, dilettanteism
Related terms
- delectable
- delight
- dildo (by way of 'diletto')
Translations
See also
- amateur
Adjective
dilettante (comparative more dilettante, superlative most dilettante)
- Pertaining to or like a dilettante.
Translations
Further reading
- A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by H.?W. Fowler (1926; Oxford at the Clarendon Press; London: Humphrey Milford), page 115
dilettante. Pl. -ti (pron. -t?). - dilettante” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Further reading
- dilettante in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- dilettante in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.l?.t??t/
Noun
dilettante m or f (plural dilettantes)
- dilettante
Interlingua
Noun
dilettante (plural dilettantes)
- dilettante
Italian
Etymology
From dilettare (“to delight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.let?tan.te/
Noun
dilettante m or f (plural dilettanti)
- amateur
- dilettante
Descendants
- ? English: dilettante
- ? German: Dilettant
Adjective
dilettante (plural dilettanti)
- amateur
Related terms
- dilettevole
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