[ noun ] an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge <noun.person>
Sciolist \Sci"o*list\, n. [L. sciolus. See {Sciolous}.] One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.
These passages in that book were enough to humble the presumption of our modern sciolists, if their pride were not as great as their ignorance. --Sir W. Temple.
A master were lauded and sciolists shent. --R. Browning.