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virtuoso

[ vur-choo-oh-soh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural vir·tu·o·sos, vir·tu·o·si [vur-choo-, oh, -see].

a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
a person who excels in musical technique or execution.
a person who has a cultivated appreciation of artistic excellence, as a connoisseur or collector of objects of art, antiques, etc.
Obsolete. a person who has special interest or knowledge in the arts and sciences; scientist; scholar.

Also vir·tu·os·ic [] of, relating to, or characteristic of a virtuoso:
a virtuoso performance.

virtuoso

/ ˌvɜːtjʊˈɒsɪk; -səʊ; ˌvɜːtjʊˈəʊzəʊ /

a consummate master of musical technique and artistry
a person who has a masterly or dazzling skill or technique in any field of activity
a connoisseur, dilettante, or collector of art objects
obsolete.
a scholar or savant
modifier showing masterly skill or brilliance
a virtuoso performance

1610–20; < Italian: versed, skilled < Late Latin virtuosus virtuous

C17: from Italian: skilled, from Late Latin virtuōsus good, virtuous; see virtue

What results is a kind of mashup concert, a virtuoso mixed-media DJ set tuned to a keen emotional pitch.

Jazz is a very high-virtuoso level of music to play for a percussionist.

Well, that was a virtuoso performance by Chris Christie yesterday.

“Those who are virtuoso full-time boycotters should not talk about boycotts,” Druckman said.

It was a show of epic length with an overstocked lake of new members, all virtuoso players who blazed through the hits.

An undoubted violin of any period of this great master's make, is well worthy the attention of the virtuoso.

At the end of the concerto the applause was generous enough to satisfy the most exacting virtuoso.

The prince performed the operation, and repeated it three times, in presence of the virtuoso.

"But an ordinary hermit wouldn't be able to play like a virtuoso," objected Amy.

He was a pleasant-looking young man, good-hearted, enthusiastic, and a gifted virtuoso.

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