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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Virtuosity  \Vir`tu*os"i*ty\,  n. 
  1.  The  quality  or  state  of  being  a  virtuoso;  in  a  bad  sense 
  the  character  of  one  in  whom  mere  artistic  feeling  or 
  [ae]sthetic  cultivation  takes  the  place  of  religious 
  character;  sentimentalism. 
 
  This  famous  passage  .  .  .  over  which  the  virtuosity 
  of  modern  times,  rejoicing  in  evil,  has  hung  so 
  fondly.  --C.  Kingsley. 
 
  2.  Virtuosos,  collectively.  --Carlyle. 
 
  3.  An  art  or  study  affected  by  virtuosos. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  virtuosity 
  n  :  technical  skill  or  fluency  or  style  exhibited  by  a  virtuoso 




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