VIRTUOSO

noun (plural -sos or virtuosi) Etymology: Italian, from ~, adjective, virtuous, skilled, from Late Latin virtuosus virtuous, from Latin virtus Date: 1651 an experimenter or investigator especially in the arts and sciences ; savant , one skilled in or having a taste for the fine arts, one who excels in the technique of an art, a person who has great skill at some endeavor , virtuosic adjective ~ adjective