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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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pl.

Virtuosos

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; It.

Virtuosi

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[It. See

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.

(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.

Noun.

A man skilled in the fine arts, particularly in music; or a man skilled in antiquities, curiosities and the like.

Virtuoso the Italians call a man who loves the nobel arts, and is a critic in them.