noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 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. 2
   technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso wordnet
3. 3
   Lovers of the elegant arts as a class. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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abilityaccomplishmentaddressadeptnessadroitnessaesthetics

Example

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"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”).

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