virtuosity

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso. countable,uncountable
    — Greek art and culture, which had become international, degenerated to mere virtuosity, empty of any ideal.
  2. Lovers of the elegant arts as a class. countable,uncountable

词形变化

virtuosities plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
Proto-Italic *wiros
Late Latin vir
Proto-Indo-European *-tuHts
Late Latin -tūs
Late Latin virtūs
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos
Late Latin -ōsus
Late Latin virtuōsusbor.
Italian virtuosobor.
English virtuoso
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English virtuosity
From virtuoso + -ity (“quality of”); the terminal -o drops out. Compare Middle English vertuosite (“virtuous quality or character”).
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