[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

virtuoso \vir`tuo"so\, n.; pl. virtuosos; it. virtuosi.
   it. see virtuous.
   1. one devoted to virtu; one skilled in the fine arts, in
      antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent admirer
      of curiosities, etc.
      1913 webster

            virtuoso the italians call a man who loves the noble
            arts, and is a critic in them.        --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. mus. a performer on some instrument, as the violin or
      the piano, who excels in the technical part of his art; a
      brilliant concert player.
      1913 webster
see also:
virtuosos virtuosi virtuous 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

virtuoso
     adj : having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate
           artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker";
           "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the
           sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" syn: consummate, masterful,
            masterly, virtuosoa
     n 1: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field syn: ace,
          adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, genius,
           hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard,
           wiz
     2: a musician who is a consummate master of technique and
        artistry
     also: virtuosi pl
see also:
consummate masterful masterly virtuosoa ace adept 
champion sensation maven mavin genius 
hotshot star superstar whiz whizz 
wizard wiz virtuosi 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

153 moby thesaurus words for "virtuoso":
   a per se, daedalian, ace, adept, adroit, amateur, apt, arbiter,
   arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, artist, artiste, artistic,
   authoritative, authority, bon vivant, boss, bravura, brilliant,
   champion, chief, clean, clever, cognoscente, collector, commander,
   concert artist, connaisseur, connoisseur, coordinated, crack,
   crackerjack, critic, cunning, cute, dabster, daedal, dazzling,
   dean, deft, dexterous, dextrous, dilettante, diplomatic, epicure,
   epicurean, excellent, exceptional, executant, expert,
   extraordinary, fancy, first-rate, first-rater, fugleman, genius,
   good, good hand, good judge, goodish, gourmand, gourmet, graceful,
   great, handy, head, higher-up, ingenious, interpreter, judge,
   laureate, leader, leading light, luminary, maestro, magician,
   magisterial, mahatma, man of genius, master, master hand,
   masterful, masterly, mastermind, matchless, maven, minstrel,
   minstrelsy, music maker, music-loving, musical, musically inclined,
   musician, musicianly, musicophile, neat, no mean, nonpareil,
   old hand, paragon, past master, peerless, performer, philharmonic,
   player, politic, practiced hand, principal, prodigious, prodigy,
   professional, proficient, quick, quite some, ready, refined palate,
   remarkable, resourceful, ruler, sage, senior, skilled hand,
   skillful, slick, soloist, some, star, statesmanlike, sterling,
   stylish, superb, superior, superlative, superman, superstar,
   tactful, talent, talented, the compleat, the complete,
   the greatest, the most, top dog, topnotcher, tunester, virtuosa,
   virtuose, virtuosic, well-done, whiz, wizard, wonder,
   workmanlike

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