About The Word Virtu
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Virtu
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What's The Definition Of Virtu?
[n] objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)
[n] artistic quality [n] love of or taste for fine objects of art Synonyms | Synonyms for Virtu: connoisseurship | vertu | vertu Related Terms | Find terms related to Virtu: See Also | appreciation | discernment | objet d'art | perceptiveness | quality | taste Virtu In Webster's Dictionary \Vir*tu"\ (?; 277), n. [It. virt[`u] virtue, excellence,
from L. virtus. See {Virtue}.]
A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities. --J.
Spence.
{An article}, or {piece}, {of virtu}, an object of art or
antiquity; a curiosity, such as those found in museums or
private collections.
I had thoughts, in my chambers to place it in view,
To be shown to my friends as a piece of virt[`u].
--Goldsmith.
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