virtuosic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Italic *wiros Latin vir Proto-Indo-European *-tuHts Latin -tūs Latin virtūs Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Late Latin virtuōsusbor. Italian virtuosobor. English virtuoso Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English virtuosic From virtuoso + -ic.
Meanings
- requiring a high level of technical skill.
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impressive and sometimes flamboyant.
The older cousins were surrounding Barak as he performed virtuosic acts of extreme violence on a TV so large one had to sit against the opposite wall to see its edges.
2016, Jonathan Safran Foer, chapter 5, in Here I Am:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more virtuosic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most virtuosic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |