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Antonyms for virtuoso

Grammar : Noun
Spell : vur-choo-oh-soh
Phonetic Transcription : ˌvɜr tʃuˈoʊ soʊ


Definition of virtuoso

Origin :
  • 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" (as in music) is first attested 1743.
  • noun person who is an expert
Example sentences :
  • "Look into your own consciousness and memory," replied the virtuoso.
  • Extract from : « A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • "I did not think that you were still so young," said the virtuoso.
  • Extract from : « A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • A picturesque, old German virtuoso is the reverent possessor of a genuine "Cremona."
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • I prefer that no one handle it, said the virtuoso commandingly.
  • Extract from : « The Fifth String   » by John Philip Sousa
  • It takes on the color of any composer's ideas, and submits like a slave to the whims of any virtuoso.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • It was music pure, almost classical—the work not of a virtuoso, but of a composer.
  • Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter
  • He was distinctly a virtuoso, loving his instrument and its tonal powers.
  • Extract from : « A Popular History of the Art of Music » by W. S. B. Mathews
  • He was a virtuoso violinist greater than any one before him.
  • Extract from : « A Popular History of the Art of Music » by W. S. B. Mathews
  • "We were fortunate in being able to secure Savelli, the virtuoso," she replied.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • He is at once a moralist and a virtuoso in the literary art.
  • Extract from : « A History of French Literature » by Edward Dowden

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