word | virtuosity |
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definition | Great technical skill, especially in the practice of a fine art. |
eg_sentence | Playing with the band, his virtuosity doesn't show through; you really have to hear him solo to appreciate him. |
explanation | Virtuosity is used particularly to describe musicians, but also often for writers, actors, dancers, and athletes. A virtuoso is a highly skilled performer, and a virtuoso performance is one that astonishes the audience by its feats. In ancient Greece the cities would hold male competitions in acrobatics, conjuring, public reciting, blowing the trumpet, and acting out scenes from Homer's epics, the winners of which would have been praised as virtuous, or “full of manly virtues. |
IPA | vərʧuˈɑsɪti |
Tags: mwvb::unit:24, mwvb::unit:24:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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