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Sciolist

noun
1.
An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge.  Synonyms: dabbler, dilettante.





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"Sciolist" Quotes from Famous Books



... justice upon the faults of this poet is easy for any sciolist: to do justice to his merits is less easy for the most competent scholar and the most appreciative critic. In despite of his rare occasional spurts or outbreaks of self-assertion or of satire, he seems to stand ...
— The Age of Shakespeare • Algernon Charles Swinburne


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