单词 | virtuosoship |
释义 | virtuososhipn. 1. The state or condition of being a virtuoso (virtuoso n. 1); esp. interest in the fine arts, connoisseurship. Cf. virtuosity n. 2. Now historical.Frequently with negative connotations of superficial or trifling interest. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [noun] learningc897 wisdomc950 witnessc950 lore971 clergya1225 wit1297 apprise1303 gramaryec1320 clergisea1330 cunning1340 lering1340 sciencea1387 schoola1393 studya1393 art?a1400 cunningnessa1400 leara1400 sophyc1440 doctrinec1460 mathesisa1475 grammarc1500 doctorship1567 knowledge1576 scholarship1579 virtuosoship1666 erudition1718 eruditenessa1834 Wissenschaft1834 savantism1855 scholarment1896 society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > love or study of the arts > student or lover of the arts > condition of virtuosoship1666 1666 D. Coxe Let. June in R. Boyle Corr. (2001) III. 178 I therefore resolved to Question the Vertuosoship of the Apathists rather then incur the danger being immers't in that generally owned sink of vices, Ingratitude. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. iii. i. 160 Let us view Philosophy, like mere Virtuoso-ship, in its usual Career, and we shall find The Ridicule rising full as strongly against the Professors of the higher as the lower kind. 1749 E. Montagu Let. (1813) III. 98 It is now grown the fashion to borrow ornaments for cabinets and dressing-rooms of birds and fishes, and vanity and virtuosoship go hand in hand. 1831 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. Mar. 127/1 Apart from virtuosoship, or any technical object, what a hold have such things [sc. volumes of correspondence between Schiller and Goethe] on our universal curiosity as men! 1924 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. July 463 A paper..entitled ‘Some Reflections on Artistic Value’ is conceived in the true spirit of oriental virtuosoship. 2001 B. M. Benedict Curiosity iv. 192 This one [sc. an 18th-cent. article] disputes the popular definition of connoisseurship as virtuosoship. 2. The qualities or abilities characteristic of a virtuoso (virtuoso n. 2); esp. exceptional technical skill in music. Cf. virtuosity n. 3. Occasionally with negative connotations of the pursuit of technique at the expense of emotional depth or creativity. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > power and skill in conveyance1572 execution1751 musicianship1829 virtuosity1831 musicality1839 virtuosoship1848 executancy1858 histrionics1931 chops1968 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] craftOE skilla1300 quaintnessc1390 craftiness?a1425 curiousnessc1440 skilfulness1561 virtuosoship1920 multi-skilling1983 1848 tr. in London Literary Pioneer 6 May 62/2 Paganini and Thalberg are, according to my opinion, the ne plus ultra of modern instrumental virtuosoship. 1887 E. Gurney Tertium Quid II. 110 The most expensive sort of society-music at evening parties... The most brainless and soulless form of virtuosoship. 1920 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 17 July 167/1 However great the virtuosoship of a surgeon in brilliant technical performances, he must lay great stress on the qualities of patience and cool judgment. 2005 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 10 Apr. (Preview section) 29 Wheeler is no mean hand at the guitar either, which while it's not virtuosoship, is clean, sharp and melodic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1666 |
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