| Pronunciation: | | vur'too
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- [n] objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)
- [n] artistic quality
- [n] love of or taste for fine objects of art
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| | Synonyms: | | connoisseurship, vertu, vertu |
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| | See Also: | | appreciation, discernment, objet d'art, perceptiveness, quality, taste |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Vir*tu"\ (?; 277), n. [It. virt[`u] 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[`u].
--Goldsmith.
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