(adj) having or revealing supreme mastery or skill, Syn. masterful, virtuoso, masterly, Example:a consummate artist; consummate skill; a masterful speaker; masterful technique; a masterly performance of the sonata; a virtuoso performance
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
n.; pl.Virtuosos It. Virtuosi [ It. See Virtuous. ] 1. One devoted to virtu; one skilled in the fine arts, in antiquities, and the like; a collector or ardent admirer of curiosities, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
Virtuoso the Italians call a man who loves the noble arts, and is a critic in them. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Mus.) A performer on some instrument, as the violin or the piano, who excels in the technical part of his art; a brilliant concert player. [ 1913 Webster ]
[吹箫 / 吹簫, chuī xiāoㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠ] to play the xiao 箫 (mouth organ); to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫; to busk; virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹箫; fellatio (oral sex); a blowjob, See Also: 箫, 伍子胥, 吳市吹簫, 吴市吹箫, 玉人吹箫#68083
[玉人吹箫 / 玉人吹簫, yù rén chuī xiāoㄩˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄠ] virtuoso piper wins a beauty; the xiao 箫 (mouth organ) virtuoso 萧史 won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公, See Also: 箫, 萧史, 秦穆公