Category:Virtuoso

Vir`tu*o"so, n.; pl. Virtuosos; it. Virtuosi. Etym: [it. See Virtuous.]

1. One devoted to virtu; one skilled in the fine arts, in Antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent admirer of Curiosities, etc. Virtuoso the italians call a man who loves the noble arts, and is a Critic in them. Dryden.

2. (mus.)

Defn: a performer on some instrument, as the violin or the piano, who Excels in the technical part of his art; a brilliant concert player.