| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | vir·tu |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v r-t  , v r- |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also ver·tu (vr-) |
| NOUN: | 1. A knowledge or love of or taste for fine objects of art. 2. Objects of art, especially fine antique objets d'art, considered as a group. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian virtù, virtue, virtu, from Latin virt s, excellence, virtue. See virtue.
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