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virtuosity

noun

vir·​tu·​os·​i·​ty ˌvər-chü-ˈä-sə-tē How to pronounce virtuosity (audio)
plural virtuosities
1
: great technical skill (as in the practice of a fine art)
2
: a taste for or interest in virtu

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Virtuosity is used particularly to describe musicians, but also often for writers, actors, dancers, and athletes. A virtuoso is a highly skilled performer, and a virtuoso performance is one that astonishes the audience by its feats. In ancient Greece the cities would hold male competitions in acrobatics, conjuring, public reciting, blowing the trumpet, and acting out scenes from Homer's epics, the winners of which would have been praised as virtuous, or "full of manly virtues".

Example Sentences

Her virtuosity on the piano is amazing.
Recent Examples on the Web For many, the technological virtuosity of the show was an Oscar-worthy performance in itself. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2022 At a time when creative virtuosity was the last thing on most of our minds, Piranesi floored me with its imaginative heft. The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2022 So much of what we are used to in the theater, so much of it thrilling, is ultimately the result of individual virtuosity being inspired by individual vision, even if the individual with the vision is a tyrant. New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022 The Grand Duo flaunts its virtuosity in a way that Chopin never pursued again. San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022 His virtuosity is matched only by his range — from music to media, culture, business, and philanthropy — Diddy has exemplified Black Excellence. Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 26 June 2022 In Peace era greatness with their instrumental virtuosity, and overall tightness as a band. Quentin Singer, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Audiences need not know anything about jazz to appreciate its virtuosity. John Hopewell, Variety, 18 June 2022 Yet his virtuosity comes with a strangely sentimental, self-regarding air; the entire film is tinged with a cloying glaze that seeps into the interstices of the drama and limits his characters’ range of motion. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 16 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1673, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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The first known use of virtuosity was in 1673

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