/verr'chooh oh"soh/ , n. , pl. virtuosos, virtuosi /-see/ , adj.
n.
1. a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
2. a person who excels in musical technique or execution.
3. a person who has a cultivated appreciation of artistic excellence, as a connoisseur or collector of objects of art, antiques, etc.
4. Obs. a person who has special interest or knowledge in the arts and sciences; scientist; scholar.
adj.
5. Also, virtuosic /verr'chooh os"ik/ . of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a virtuoso: a virtuoso performance.
[ 1610-20; virtuosus VIRTUOUS ]