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Virtuosi

[vur-choo-oh-soh] Origin

vir·tu·o·so

[vur-choo-oh-soh] noun, plural -sos, -si [-see] , 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 [vur-choo-os-ik] . 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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