virtuoso
IPA: vɝtʃuˈoʊsoʊ
noun
- (now historical) An expert in virtù or art objects and antiquities; a connoisseur.
- Someone with special skill or knowledge; an expert.
- Specifically, a musician (or other performer) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style.
adjective
- Exhibiting the ability of a virtuoso.
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Examples of "virtuoso" in Sentences
- He is a virtuoso of the instrument.
- He is the grandfather of violin virtuoso Anastasia Khitruk.
- Jenkins played the lute and was a virtuoso upon the lyra viol.
- He lacked the discipline and technical skills of a true virtuoso.
- The overture finishes with a virtuoso coda for the full orchestra.
- Jimi Hendrix is not a guitar virtuoso to the full extent of the term.
- The concert was shared with the then renowned virtuoso Sigismond Thalberg.
- By 1888, he was widely accepted as the greatest ballet virtuoso in the world.
- Chiotis is known as an incredible virtuoso on both the Bouzouki and the Guitar.
- Among the elite of these men Bissell had acquired the reputation of a virtuoso.
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