I have googled but didn't find. "A person who gets interested in anything very quickly and loses interest in it sooner." What is such a person called?
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Not necessarily a butterfly mind, but just a butterfly.
butterfly (The Free Dictionary):
2. a person who never settles with one group, interest, or occupation for long
butterfly (MW dictionary):
2 : something that resembles or suggests a butterfly; especially : a person chiefly occupied with the pursuit of pleasure
butterfly (dictionary)
2 a person who flits aimlessly from one interest or group to another: a social butterfly
Such a person is often described as having a butterfly mind.
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Here are hundreds of butterfly minds, and I doubt many of them are actually inside a butterfly's head. Oct 14, 2012 at 20:34
One might describe such a person as a dilettante, in the first sense:-
a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
answered Oct 14, 2012 at 19:17
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1I don't think being a dilettante necessarily implies you'll quickly lose interest - I've been a magical dilletante since I was a kid doesn't seem "odd" to me. Oct 14, 2012 at 20:38
Impatient polymath or perfectionist with a short span of attention.
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