smatterer
31smatter — early 15c., talk idly, chatter, perhaps imitative. Similar forms are found in M.H.G. smetern to chatter and Swed. smattra to patter, rattle. Smatterer one who has superficial knowledge is attested from 1510s …
32ignoramus — n. Sciolist, smatterer, novice, wiseacre, greenhorn, simpleton, numskull. See dunce …
33sciolist — n. Smatterer, ignoramus, novice, greenhorn, pretender to science …
34superficialist — n. Sciolist, smatterer …
35tyro — n. [Written also Tiro.] 1. Beginner, novice, learner, neophyte. 2. Sciolist, smatterer, dabbler, half scholar …
36dabbler — n putterer, potterer, smatterer, trifler, dal lier, piddler, Inf. dabster; dilettante, sciolist, half scholar; amateur, nonprofessional, layman, do it yourselfer …
37dilettante — n 1. dabbler, Inf. dabster, smatterer, sciolist, half scholar, amateur, nonprofessional, layman; do it yourselfer, putterer, potterer, trifler, dalli er, piddler. 2. art lover, person of taste, connoisseur, Latin, arbiter elegantiae; member of… …
38smatter — /ˈsmætə/ (say smatuh) verb (t) 1. Obsolete to speak (a language, words, etc.) with superficial knowledge or understanding. 2. to dabble in. –noun 3. slight or superficial knowledge; a smattering. {Middle English, from Scandinavian; compare… …
39dabbler — [n] amateur abecedarian, beginner, dilettante, loafer, nonprofessional, novice, potterer, pretender, smatterer, tinkerer, trifler, tyro, uninitiate; concepts 348,366 Ant. professional …
40dilettante — [adj] amateurish artsy fartsy*, dabbling, green*, half baked*, half cocked*, rookie, tenderfoot*, unaccomplished, ungifted, unskilled; concept 527 Ant. professional dilettante [n] amateur abecedarian, aesthete, connoisseur, dabbler, dallier,… …
