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- virtuoso (n.)



[virtuoso 词源字典] - 1610s, "scholar, connoisseur," from Italian virtuoso (plural virtuosi), noun use of adjective meaning "skilled, learned, of exceptional worth," from Late Latin virtuosus (see virtuous). Meaning "person with great skill, one who is a master of the mechanical part of a fine art" (as in music) is first attested 1743.[virtuoso etymology, virtuoso origin, 英语词源]