virtuosos

Variant of virtuoso

virtuoso definition

vir·tuo·so (vʉr′c̸ho̵̅o̅ ō′sō)

noun pl. virtuosos -·sos or virtuosi -·si (-sē)

  1. Obsolete
    1. a person who has a general or broad interest in the arts and sciences; savant or dilettante
    2. a collector or connoisseur of art objects or curios
  2. a person displaying great technical skill in some fine art, esp. in the performance of music
  3. Obsolete a person learned in the arts or sciences; scholar

Etymology: It, skilled, learned < LL virtuosus: see virtuous

adjective

of or like that of a virtuoso
also virtuosic vir′·tu·os′ic (-ä′sik, -ō′sik)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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