virtuosi
tʃuˈoʊ 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.
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virtuoso (ˌvɜːtjʊˈəʊzəʊ, -səʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -sos, -si | |
| 1. | a consummate master of musical technique and artistry |
| 2. | a person who has a masterly or dazzling skill or technique in any field of activity |
| 3. | a connoisseur, dilettante, or collector of art objects |
| 4. | obsolete a scholar or savant |
| 5. | (modifier) showing masterly skill or brilliance: a virtuoso performance |
| [C17: from Italian: skilled, from Late Latin virtuōsus good, virtuous; see | |
| virtuosic | |
| —adj | |
| virtu'osity | |
| —n | |
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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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