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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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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