Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman who is a virtuoso.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The feminine of virtuoso.
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- noun a woman who is a
virtuoso
Etymologies
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Examples
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'virtuosa', la Signora Vestri, sung here the other day, with great applause: I presume you are INTIMATELY acquainted with her merit.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1753-54 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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'virtuosa', la Signora Vestri, sung here the other day, with great applause: I presume you are INTIMATELY acquainted with her merit.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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In the original, "Videtur autem finis esse multitudinis congregatae vivere secundum virtutem.... bona autem vita est secundum virtutem; virtuosa igitur vita est congregationis humanae finis."
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Mas a possibilidade de deus existir muda tudo: a vida virtuosa será recompensada com os céus, e a vida dissoluta com os infernos.
Errata Artur 2006
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De maneira que para Pascal a fé religiosa tornou-se uma aposta: se apostarmos em deus, e vivermos uma vida virtuosa, se ele existir ganhamos o céu.
Errata Artur 2006
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Pensou, pensou, e concluiu que o sentimento religioso assentava num paradoxo: se deus não existe, não existem céus nem infernos, não existe alma e não há qualquer diferença entre viver uma vida virtuosa e uma vida dissoluta.
Errata Artur 2006
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With virtuosa, I was able to download and reencode to mp3 about 10 albums an hour.
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Your virtuosa, la Signora Vestri, sung here the other day, with great applause: I presume you are INTIMATELY acquainted with her merit.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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Maria had taken a few lessons, and in that remote country passed for a virtuosa; her singing though, derived its charm from the quality of her voice, which was at once clear, fresh and accentuated.
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But this pianist is doubly inaudible because she is black and therefore outside any system that nurtures and advances a classical virtuosa.
Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996
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