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VERTU
virtu, vertu
(noun) artistic quality
virtu, vertu, connoisseurship
(noun) love of or taste for fine objects of art
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vertu (uncountable)
(arts, now, historical) The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities. [from 18th c.]
(arts, now, historical) Objets d'art collectively. [from 18th c.]
Especially with reference to the writings of Machiavelli (1469–1527): the requisite qualities for political or military success; vitality, determination; power. [from 19th c.]
Moral worth; virtue, virtuousness. [from 20th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"tu, n.
1. Virtue; power. See Virtue. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. See Virtu.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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