
| Virtuoso (Vir`tu*o"so) (?), n.; pl. Virtuosos (#); It. Virtuosi (#). [It. See Virtuous.] 1. 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. 2. (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. |
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