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English Dictionary: virtuosity by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virtuosity
n
  1. technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Virtuosity \Vir`tu*os"i*ty\, n.
      1. The quality or state of being a virtuoso; in a bad sense,
            the character of one in whom mere artistic feeling or
            [91]sthetic cultivation takes the place of religious
            character; sentimentalism.
  
                     This famous passage . . . over which the virtuosity
                     of modern times, rejoicing in evil, has hung so
                     fondly.                                             --C. Kingsley.
  
      2. Virtuosos, collectively. --Carlyle.
  
      3. An art or study affected by virtuosos.
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