virtu
Americannoun
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excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
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(used with a plural verb) such objects or articles collectively.
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a taste for or knowledge of such objects.
noun
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a taste or love for curios or works of fine art; connoisseurship
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such objects collectively
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the quality of being rare, beautiful, or otherwise appealing to a connoisseur (esp in the phrases articles of virtu; objects of virtu )
Etymology
Origin of virtu
First recorded in 1715–25; from Italian virtù, vertù “worth, maleness, strength”; see virtue
Example Sentences
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Virtu Financial netted about $3 million, while oil traders at the energy company Shell and IMC Chicago posted seven-figure gains.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Shares of retail brokerage Robinhood Markets Inc and market maker Virtu Financial jumped following a media report that the U.S.
From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2022
His plans could directly affect how brokerages including Citadel Securities, Virtu Financial and Robinhood Markets process many retail trade orders.
From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2022
“If you can’t clear a trade, you can’t trade a trade,” said Robert Greifeld, the former chief executive of Nasdaq and current chairman of Virtu Financial.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2021
Dante calls him Virtu summa, just as ages before Justinian had spoken of Homer as pater omnis virtutis.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
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