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Virtu
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Virtu has 3 senses
- virtu(n = noun.cognition) connoisseurship, vertu - love of or taste for fine objects of art; Array is a kind of appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, taste
- virtu(n = noun.attribute) vertu - artistic quality; Array is a kind of quality
- virtu(n = noun.artifact) Array - objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques); Array is a kind of art object, objet d'art, piece
CIDE DICTIONARY
Virtu, n. [It. virtù virtue, excellence, from L. virtus. See Virtue.].
A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities. J. Spence. [1913 Webster]
"I had thoughts, in my chambers to place it in view,
To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtù." [1913 Webster]
To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtù." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Virtu, n. (also vertu)
1 a knowledge of or expertise in the fine arts.
2 virtuosity.
1 a knowledge of or expertise in the fine arts.
2 virtuosity.
Idiom
article (or object) of virtu an article interesting because of its workmanship, antiquity, rarity, etc.
Etymology
It. virt{ugrave} VIRTUE, virtu
THESAURUS
Virtu
aesthetics, art, art object, artistic skill, artistic taste, artistry, arty-craftiness, brainchild, bric-a-brac, classic, composition, connoisseurship, creation, design, dilettantism, epicureanism, epicurism, expertise, expertism, flair, friandise, gastronomy, grotesque, kitsch, master, masterpiece, masterwork, mobile, museum piece, nude, old master, pasticcio, pastiche, piece, piece of virtu, stabile, statue, still life, study, talent, virtuosity, work, work of artROGET THESAURUS
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Taste
N taste, good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste, delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse, nicety, to prepon, polish, elegance, grace, judgment, discernment, dilettantism, dilettanteism, virtu, fine art, culture, cultivation, aesthetics, man of taste, connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist, caviare to the general, in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty, unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic, cultivated, refined, dainty, esthetic, aesthetic, artistic, elegant, euphemistic, to one's taste, to one's mind, after one's fancy, comme il faut, tire a quatre epingles, elegantly, nihil tetigit quod non ornavit, chacun a son gout, oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus, taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor, gout, relish, sapor, sapidity, twang, smack, smatch, aftertaste, tang, tasting, degustation, gustation, palate, tongue, tooth, stomach, sapid, saporific, gustable, gustatory, gustful, strong, gamy, palatable.
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