Virtuoso Definition

vûrcho͝o-ōsō, -zō
virtuosi, virtuosos
noun
virtuosi, virtuosos
A musician with masterly ability, technique, or personal style.
American Heritage
A person who has a general or broad interest in the arts and sciences.
Webster's New World
A collector or connoisseur of art objects or curios.
Webster's New World
A person displaying great technical skill in some fine art, esp. in the performance of music.
Webster's New World
A person learned in the arts or sciences; scholar.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Of or like that of a virtuoso.
Webster's New World
Exhibiting the ability, technique, or personal style of a virtuoso.
A virtuoso performance.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Virtuoso

Noun

Singular:
virtuoso
Plural:
virtuosi, virtuosos

Origin of Virtuoso

  • Italian skilled, of great worth, virtuoso from Late Latin virtuōsus virtuous from Latin virtūs excellence virtue

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian, from Late Latin virtuosus, "virtuous", from Latin virtus, "excellence".

    From Wiktionary

Virtuoso Sentence Examples

  • Franz Liszt was the greatest piano virtuoso the world has ever known.

  • My old friend Charlie Peace was a violin virtuoso.

  • A flute and clarinet virtuoso provided a pleasant musical interlude.

  • Soumik will be treating Leeds audiences to an hour long sarod recital accompanied by tabla virtuoso Shahbaz Hussain Khan.

  • We eagerly looked forward to his virtuoso playing with the Old Rope String Band and the crazy on-stage antics.

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Words Starting With

VVIVIR

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OSOOSO

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Words Starting With V and Ending With O

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