VIRTUOSITY

virtuosity

(noun) technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

virtuosity (countable and uncountable, plural virtuosities)

The technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso.

Lovers of the elegant arts as a class.

Source: Wiktionary


Vir`tu*os"i*ty, n.

1. The quality or state of being a virtuoso; in a bad sense, the character of one in whom mere artistic feeling or æsthetic cultivation takes the place of religious character; sentimentalism. This famous passage . . . over which the virtuosity of modern times, rejoicing in evil, has hung so fondly. C. Kingsley.

2. Virtuosos, collectively. Carlyle.

3. An art or study affected by virtuosos.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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