virtu : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: virtu	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for virtu
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
virtu n love of or taste for fine objects of art [syn: virtu, vertu, connoisseurship] artistic quality Synonym(s): virtu, vertu objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virtu \Vir*tu"\ (?; 277), n. [It. virt[97] virtue, excellence, from L. virtus. See {Virtue}.] A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities. --J. Spence. {An article}, [or] {piece}, {of virtu}, an object of art or antiquity; a curiosity, such as those found in museums or private collections. I had thoughts, in my chambers to place it in view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virt[97]. --Goldsmith.