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Definition of virtuoso noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

virtuoso

noun
 
/ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊsəʊ/,
 
/ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊzəʊ/
 
/ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊsəʊ/,
 
/ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊzəʊ/
(plural virtuosos, virtuosi
 
/ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊsiː/,
 
/ˌvɜːtʃuˈəʊziː/
 
/ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊsiː/,
 
/ˌvɜːrtʃuˈəʊziː/
)
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  1. a person who shows very great skill at doing something, especially playing a musical instrument
    • a piano virtuoso
    Topics Musicc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘learned, skilful’, from late Latin virtuosus, from virtus ‘virtue’.
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