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Virtuosi
[
vur-choo-
oh
-soh
]
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vir·tu·o·so
/
ˌvɜr
tʃuˈoʊ
soʊ
/
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[
vur-choo-
oh
-soh
]
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noun,
plural
-sos,
-si
/
-si
/
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[
-see
]
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,
adjective
noun
1.
a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
2.
a person who excels in musical technique or execution.
3.
a person who has a cultivated appreciation of artistic excellence, as a connoisseur or collector of objects of
art
, antiques, etc.
4.
Obsolete
.
a person who has special interest or knowledge in the arts and sciences; scientist; scholar.
adjective
5.
Also,
vir·tu·os·ic
/
ˌvɜr
tʃuˈɒs
ɪk
/
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[
vur-choo-
os
-ik
]
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.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a virtuoso:
a virtuoso performance.
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Origin:
1610–20;
<
Italian:
versed, skilled <
Late Latin
virtuosus
virtuous
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virtuoso
1620, "scholar, connoisseur," from It. virtuoso (pl. virtuosi), noun use of adj. meaning "skilled, learned, of exceptional worth," from L.L. virtuosus (see
virtuous
). Meaning "person with great skill" (as in music) is first attested 1743.
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