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vir·tu·o·so

Audio Help [vur-choo-oh-soh] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -sos, -si

Audio Help [-see] Pronunciation Key, 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 Audio Help [vur-choo-os-ik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a virtuoso: a virtuoso performance.

[Origin: 1610–20; < It: versed, skilled < LL virtuosus virtuous

]

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vir·tu·o·so Audio Help (vûr'chōō-ō'sō, -zō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. vir·tu·o·sos or vir·tu·o·si (-sē)

A musician with masterly ability, technique, or personal style.
A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
A person with a strong interest in the fine arts, especially in antiquities.
Archaic A very learned person.

adj. Exhibiting the ability, technique, or personal style of a virtuoso: a virtuoso performance.

[Italian, skilled, of great worth, virtuoso, from Late Latin virtuōsus, virtuous, from Latin virtūs, excellence; see virtue.]

vir'tu·o'sic (-ō'sĭk, -zĭk) adj., vir'tu·o'si·cal·ly adv.

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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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virtuoso
adjective
1.	having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" [syn: consummate]
noun
1.	someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
2.	a musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry

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virtuoso [vəːtʃuˈəusəu] noun — plurals ˌvirtuˈosos, ~virtuˈosi

a person who knows a great deal about eg music, painting, especially a skilled performer
Example: He's a virtuoso on the violin; (also adjective) a virtuoso pianist/performance

Arabic:	عازِف بارِع، مُتَذَوِّق للفَن
Chinese (Simplified):	艺术大师, 艺术品鉴赏家
Chinese (Traditional):	藝術大師, 藝術品鑒賞家
Czech:	virtuoz(ní)
Danish:	virtuos
Dutch:	virtuoos
Estonian:	virtuoos
Finnish:	taituri
French:	(de) virtuose
German:	der Virtuose, *die Virtuosin, virtuos
Greek:	δεξιοτέχνης
Hungarian:	virtuóz
Icelandic:	(tækni)snillingur; kunnáttumaður
Indonesian:	ahli
Italian:	virtuoso

Japanese:	巨匠
Latvian:	virtuozs
Lithuanian:	virtuozas
Norwegian:	kunst-, *musikkjenner; virtuos
Polish:	wirtuoz
Portuguese (Brazil):	virtuose
Portuguese (Portugal):	virtuoso
Romanian:	virtuoz
Russian:	виртуоз
Slovak:	virtuóz; virtuózny
Slovenian:	virtuoz; virtuozen
Spanish:	virtuoso
Swedish:	virtuos
Turkish:	virtüöz, üstat