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Meanings of sciolistic in английском

Showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish.

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Examples for "dilettante"
1
A wandering dilettante, the worst type of the pseudo-culture of our universities.
The Half-Hearted
2
A scholar-dilettante, such as she had met in the Court of Bel.
Dragonshadow
3
But Williams is no dilettante, he is deadly serious about his music.
Reuters
4
This antiquated fussiness of the dilettante little nobleman was sickening to her.
Vittoria — Volume 2
5
I would become an expert, demonstrate that I wasn't just a dilettante.
The Irish Times
1
In some musicians, eclecticism can seem dilettantish but with Cologne pianist and composer Florian Ross, it's for real.
The Irish Times
2
The disparate elements of Godwin's dilettantish existence suddenly fell together as neatly as the facets of a Rubik's cube.
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
3
His knowledge of the building, its numerous incredible artworks and history, far outweighed the dilettantish witterings I endured from Melissa (who obviously I fancy).
The Guardian
Usage of sciolistic in английском
1
Must there not be in this subtle distribution much of what is arbitrary and sciolistic?
Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries / Inter...
Sciolistic through the time