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vir⋅tu⋅o⋅so

  [vur-choo-oh-soh] noun, plural -sos, -si  [-see] , adjective
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–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.
Origin:
1610–20; < It: versed, skilled < LL virtuosus virtuous
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vir·tu·o·so   (vûr'chōō-ō'sō, -zō)   
n.   pl. vir·tu·o·sos or vir·tu·o·si (-sē)

  1. A musician with masterly ability, technique, or personal style.

  2. A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

  3. A person with a strong interest in the fine arts, especially in antiquities.

  4. 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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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