Dilettante Society, The, a society of noblemen and gentlemen founded in England in 1734, and which contributed to correct and purify the public taste of the country; their labours were devoted chiefly to the study of the relics of ancient Greek art, and resulted in the production of works in illustration.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Diktys * Dilettantism