DILETTANTEISM
Dil`et*tan"te*ism, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.
DILETTANTISH
Dil`et*tant"ish, a.
Defn: Dilettanteish.
DILETTANTISM
Dil`et*tant"ism, n.
Defn: Same as Dilettanteism. F. Harrison.
DILIGENCE
Dil"i*gence, n. Etym: [F. diligence, L. diligentia.]
1. The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; — the opposite of negligence.
2. Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service. That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in; and the best of me is diligence. Shak.
3. (Scots Law)