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virtuoso noun /ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊsəʊ/, /ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊzəʊ/ /ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊsəʊ/, /ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊzəʊ/ (plural virtuosos, virtuosi /ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊsiː/, /ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊziː/ /ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊsiː/, /ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊziː/ ) jump to other results - a person who shows very great skill at doing something, especially playing a musical instrumentTopics Musicc2
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘learned, skilful’, from late Latin virtuosus, from virtus ‘virtue’.
virtuoso adjective /ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊsəʊ/, /ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊzəʊ/ /ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊsəʊ/, /ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊzəʊ/ [only before noun] jump to other results - showing extremely great skill
- Kane treated us to a virtuoso performance against Chelsea this afternoon.
- a virtuoso pianist/player
- They gave a virtuoso display of Spanish dancing.
Topics Musicc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryVirtuoso is used with these nouns: - display
- performance
- performer
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See full entry Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘learned, skilful’, from late Latin virtuosus, from virtus ‘virtue’.
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