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VIRTU
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("virtu" is a kind of...):
art object; objet d'art; piece (a work of art of some artistic value)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Artistic quality
Synonyms:
vertu; virtu
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("virtu" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Love of or taste for fine objects of art
Synonyms:
connoisseurship; vertu; virtu
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("virtu" is a kind of...):
appreciation; discernment; perceptiveness; taste (delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values))
