Virtuosity
/ˌvɜː(ɹ)tjuˈɒsɪti/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso. countable, uncountable
"Greek art and culture, which had become international, degenerated to mere virtuosity, empty of any ideal."
- 2 technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso wordnet
- 3 Lovers of the elegant arts as a class. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Virtuosity requires years of daily practice from childhood."
Etymology
From virtuoso + -ity (“quality of”); the terminal -o drops out. Compare Middle English vertuosite (“virtuous quality or character”).