Word For The Day, Friday, 9/20/02

The Verbivores | 9/20/02 | Teacher

[RikaStrom]

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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dilettante \DIL-uh-tahnt; dil-uh-TAHNT; dil-uh-TAHN-tee; -TANT; TAN-tee\, noun; :
dilettantes, also dilettanti \-TAHN-tee; -TAN-\; plural
dilettante, dilettantish; adjective
dilettantism; noun

1. An admirer or lover of the fine arts.
2. An amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge sporadically, superficially, or for amusement only.
3. Of or characteristic of a dilettante; amateurish
4. An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.

At first his colleagues tended to dismiss this witty young dilettante poet as a scientific lightweight, even if he was an agreeable addition to their dinner table.
--"Dr Alex Comfort," Times (London), March 28, 2000

Etymology: Italian, from present participle of dilettare to delight, from Latin dilectare. Date: 1748

[xsmommy]

mmm mmmm....DD is my fave!

[NeoCaveman]

oh dubs, sweety, keeper of the vegan condom thread...where is it?

Ask and you shall receive.

[xsmommy]

thank you, oh you Curator of the Vegan condom thread....

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Once in a while, a thread comes along that you simply must save for posterity, this, my friends, is one of them. Thank you.

Cocoa......... ROFL.........

[lds23]

Criminy! Forgot to include the WFTD in the post. It should have read: with more and more mumbling and bumbling by the hyper-dilletanti.

[Argh]

Hah, you've never been fortunate enough to find out just how wrong you are. I, on the other hand (so to speak, don't go getting all excited now!), have my data on the most reliable of authorities, the men's room wall (or have I been writing it on the men's room wall? who cares?) "For a huge time, see Whyisa at Free Republic"...

[NeoCaveman]

Speaking of Skittlebait earlier, Leonardo DiCaprio and Demi Moore????

[xsmommy]

i thought all of you boys swore he was a fruit???

[xsmommy]

hey, HG, i KNOW you swore leonardo was a fruit, what say you to this rumor?

[NeoCaveman]

He still seems fruity to me.

She must be his beard.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I agree with dubya. BEARD.

If this is not gay, then there is no such thing as gay:

[Hemingway's Ghost]

More proof. NOTICE THE URL!

[xsmommy]

case closed. pictorial evidence carries the day. leonardo=fruit

[NeoCaveman]

My eyes, my eyes... This is horrible. We need something to de-gay yhis thread, quick....

Something like this

[RikaStrom]

Wonderful sports, those two.

A+

[RikaStrom]

LOL

[RikaStrom]

I certainly hope so!

A+

[RikaStrom]

Beautiful.

A+

[RikaStrom]

Queen?? Not if I can help it.

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[RikaStrom]

Then they better get used to waking up, huh? LOL