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    Virtu \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.
    [1913 Webster]

    An article of virtu, or a piece of virtu an object of art
    or antiquity; a curiosity, such as those found in museums
    or private collections.
    [1913 Webster]

    I had thoughts, in my chambers to place it in view,
    To be shown to my friends as a piece of virt[`u].
    --Goldsmith.
    [1913 Webster]

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    virtu
    n 1: love of or taste for fine objects of art [syn: vertu, connoisseurship]
    2: artistic quality [syn: vertu]
    3: objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    43 Moby Thesaurus words for "virtu":
    aesthetics, art, art object, artistic skill, artistic taste,
    artistry, arty-craftiness, brainchild, bric-a-brac, classic,
    composition, connoisseurship, creation, design, dilettantism,
    epicureanism, epicurism, expertise, expertism, flair, friandise,
    gastronomy, grotesque, kitsch, master, masterpiece, masterwork,
    mobile, museum piece, nude, old master, pasticcio, pastiche, piece,
    piece of virtu, stabile, statue, still life, study, talent,
    virtuosity, work, work of art

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


connoisseurship, objects of virtu, vertu


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