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virtuoso
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A virtuoso (from Italian virtuoso, or ; Late Latin virtuosus; Latin virtus; 'virtue', 'excellence' or 'skill') is an individual who possesses outstanding talent and technical ability in a particular art or field such as fine arts, music, singing, playing a musical instrument, or composition.
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- occupation
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- female form of label
- virtuoska
- different from
- virtue
- Commons category
- Musicians
- language of work or name
- Italian
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- male form of label
- Virtuos
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A virtuoso (from Italian virtuoso, or ; Late Latin virtuosus; Latin virtus; 'virtue', 'excellence' or 'skill') is an individual who possesses outstanding talent and technical ability in a particular art or field such as fine arts, music, singing, playing a musical instrument, or composition.
==Meaning== This word also refers to a person who has cultivated appreciation of artistic excellence, either as a connoisseur or collector. The plural of virtuoso is either virtuosi or the Anglicisation virtuosos, and the feminine forms are virtuosa and virtuose.
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