| 单词 | man of virtu |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman (also lady, gentleman, etc.) of virtu d. man (also lady, gentleman, etc.) of virtu: a student or admirer of the fine arts; a collector of antiques or curios; a connoisseur. Cf. virtuoso n. 1b. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [noun] > love or study of the arts > student or lover of the arts virtuosoa1650 virtuosea1721 dilettante1733 man of virtu1749 conoscente1766 cognoscente1777 art-lover1847 dilettant1875 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiii. v. 34 They..may be called Men of Wisdom and Vertù (take heed you do not read Virtue). View more context for this quotation 1787 Gentleman's Mag. 57 Suppl. 1163/1 Being in company lately with several gentlemen of virtù, I found in their conversation frequent use of the word Taste in a sense I was unaccustomed to. 1819 London Lit. Gaz. 18 Sept. 604/3 Paris, at that time abounded with persons of virtu. Every man of education, was a man of taste. 1837 N.-Y. Rev. Oct. 292 Two white mice, which, if he had money for a cage and a proper suit of clothes, he could sell to the Duchess of Manchester, a lady of virtù in such matters. 2004 R. Sweet Antiquaries v. 163 The connoisseur, the man of virtù, who sought only perfection in the individual object. < as lemmas |
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