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English

Etymology

From , from virtuosus, "virtuous", from virtus, "excellence".

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A person (especially a musician) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style


Translations

Adjective

  1. Exhibiting the ability of a virtuoso


Related terms


Category:English nouns with irregular plurals

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Italian

Adjective

virtuoso

  1. virtuous
  2. skilful


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Spanish

Adjective

  1. virtuous
  2. virtuoso


Noun

  1. a virtuous person or virtuoso


es:virtuoso io:virtuoso it:virtuoso hu:virtuoso pl:virtuoso ru:virtuoso fi:virtuoso te:virtuoso vi:virtuoso zh:virtuoso

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Virtuoso \Vir`tu*o"so\, n.; pl. Virtuosos; It. Virtuosi.
[It. See Virtuous.]
1. One devoted to virtu; one skilled in the fine arts, in
antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent admirer
of curiosities, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Virtuoso the Italians call a man who loves the noble
arts, and is a critic in them. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Mus.) A performer on some instrument, as the violin or
the piano, who excels in the technical part of his art; a
brilliant concert player.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet virtuoso
adj : 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, masterful,
masterly, virtuoso(a)]
n 1: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, genius,
hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard,
wiz]
2: a musician who is a consummate master of technique and
artistry
[also: virtuosi (pl)]
Moby Dictionary
A per se , Daedalian , ace , adept , adroit , amateur , apt , arbiter ,
arbiter elegantiarum , arbiter of taste , artist , artiste , artistic ,
authoritative , authority , bon vivant , boss , bravura , brilliant ,
champion , chief , clean , clever , cognoscente , collector , commander ,
concert artist , connaisseur , connoisseur , coordinated , crack ,
crackerjack , critic , cunning , cute , dabster , daedal , dazzling ,
dean , deft , dexterous , dextrous , dilettante , diplomatic , epicure ,
epicurean , excellent , exceptional , executant , expert ,
extraordinary , fancy , first-rate , first-rater , fugleman , genius ,
good , good hand , good judge , goodish , gourmand , gourmet , graceful ,
great , handy , head , higher-up , ingenious , interpreter , judge ,
laureate , leader , leading light , luminary , maestro , magician ,
magisterial , mahatma , man of genius , master , master hand ,
masterful , masterly , mastermind , matchless , maven , minstrel ,
minstrelsy , music maker , music-loving , musical , musically inclined ,
musician , musicianly , musicophile , neat , no mean , nonpareil ,
old hand , paragon , past master , peerless , performer , philharmonic ,
player , politic , practiced hand , principal , prodigious , prodigy ,
professional , proficient , quick , quite some , ready , refined palate ,
remarkable , resourceful , ruler , sage , senior , skilled hand ,
skillful , slick , soloist , some , star , statesmanlike , sterling ,
stylish , superb , superior , superlative , superman , superstar ,
tactful , talent , talented , the compleat , the complete ,
the greatest , the most , top dog , topnotcher , tunester , virtuosa ,
virtuose , virtuosic , well-done , whiz , wizard , wonder ,
workmanlike


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