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 Dilem’ma.Diligence 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Dilettan’të (Italian).
 
An amateur of the fine arts, in opposition to a professor. Plural, dilettanti.   1
        “These gentlemen are to be judged, not as dilettanti, but as professors.”—Athenœum.
 


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