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virtuoso

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  Virtuoso  the  Italians  call  a  man  who  loves  the  noble 
  arts,  and  is  a  critic  in  them  --Dryden. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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  :  someone  who  is  very  highly  skilled  [syn:  {ace},  {adept},  {sensation}, 
  {maven},  {genius},  {hotshot},  {star},  {whiz},  {whizz},  {wizard}, 
  {wiz}]




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