virtuoso
noun
a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
virtuosi
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pluralof virtuoso.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Most of those, like Paganini, were violin virtuosi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Paradoxically this most Australian of scientists probably could not have flourished in his native country, with its passion for putting ambitious virtuosi in their place—also known as “cutting down the tall poppies.”
From Scientific American ● May 26, 2020
This weekend he’ll take that premise to a grander setting, working with two younger virtuosi, the clarinetist Anat Cohen and the guitarist Julian Lage.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2016
Instead, it treats chefs “not as autonomous virtuosi or gifted craftsmen but as enslaved robots who should never defy the commands of their operating systems.”
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2013
Marianne Davies and Marianna Kirchgessner were celebrated virtuosi on it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
