Dilettant

a. Of, or pertaining to, dilettanteism; amateur; as, dilettant speculation. Carlyle.

n.; pl. DĬL'ET-TĀN'TĪ. [It., properly p. pr. of dilettare, to take delight in, from Lat. delectare, to delight. See DELIGHT, v.] An admirer or lover of the fine arts; an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, without serious purpose, or for amusement only.