Inflected forms: pl. vir·tu·o·sos or vir·tu·o·si (-s) 1. A musician with masterly ability, technique, or personal style. 2. A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts. 3. A person with a strong interest in the fine arts, especially in antiquities. 4.Archaic A very learned person.
ADJECTIVE:
Exhibiting the ability, technique, or personal style of a virtuoso: a virtuoso performance.
ETYMOLOGY:
Italian, skilled, of great worth, virtuoso, from Late Latin virtusus, virtuous, from Latin virts, excellence. See virtue.
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