virtuosan.

Brit.

/ˌvəːtʃʊˈəʊzə/,

/ˌvəːtʃʊˈəʊsə/,

/ˌvəːtjʊˈəʊzə/,

/ˌvəːtjʊˈəʊsə/, U.S.

/ˌvərtʃuˈoʊsə/,

/ˌvərtʃuˈoʊzə/

Inflections: Plural virtuosas, virtuose.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian virtuosa.

Etymology: Apparently < Italian virtuosa (1662 (in the passage translated in quot. 1662 at virtuose n.) or earlier in sense ‘female virtuoso’), feminine form corresponding to virtuoso virtuoso n. The sense ‘morally virtuous or highly esteemed woman’ is not recorded in dictionaries of Italian; however, compare virtuoso virtuous adj., which is attested from the 14th cent. in the senses ‘morally virtuous’ and ‘(of a woman) chaste’.In plural form virtuose after the Italian plural form.

†1. A morally virtuous or highly esteemed woman. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > [noun] > virtuous or morally excellent person

angel1477

moralist1606

virtuosa1652

saint1852

seraph1853

plaster saint1890

good guy1928

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila sig. C^v Those Ladies, Sir, we Virtuosa's call, But Copies are to this Original; Whose charming Empire of her Grace does Sense Astonish by a Super-excellence.

1668 T. Shadwell Sullen Lovers ii. 20 D'ye think, I that am a Virtuosa understand no better, then to leave you now you are not well.

1675 T. Plume Acct. Life & Death in J. Hacket Cent. Serm. p. vii Pope Gregory XV. had Canonized Ignatius Loyola..and Madam Teresia [sc. St Teresa of Ávila] a Spanish Virtuosa.

2. A female virtuoso (in various senses); esp. a woman who is highly accomplished in music or other arts.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > female

clergess?c1225

scoleryng14..

mistressc1440

virtuosa1754

savante1764

bluestocking1786

literata1794

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > skilled

artist1590

virtuoso1714

virtuosa1754

1754 Ld. Chesterfield in World No. 98. ⁋8 Consequently those respectable titles of virtuoso and virtuosa have not the least relation to the moral characters of the parties.

1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio II. 161 This virtuosa, being unemployed, will doubtless have offers from other quarters.

1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §425. 505 A musical virtuosa playing at the same time on a standing and lying stringed instrument.

1877 M. Oliphant Carita I. xiii. 231 ‘Come, Cara, tell me all about the pictures and the china...’ ‘But I am not at all a virtuosa. I don't know.’

1956 Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times 14 Oct. 11 b/5 Guiomar Novaes, Brazilian pianist regarded as one of the great virtuosas on the concert stage.

1993 M. J. Citron Gender & Musical Canon 248 The virtuose of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries apparently knew each other well. These women..were singer-composers.

2010 P. Roy Alimentary Tracts iv. 168 Jaffrey has come to assume the place of the virtuosa of Indian cooking in the West.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	virtuosa
释义	virtuosan. Brit. /ˌvəːtʃʊˈəʊzə/, /ˌvəːtʃʊˈəʊsə/, /ˌvəːtjʊˈəʊzə/, /ˌvəːtjʊˈəʊsə/, U.S. /ˌvərtʃuˈoʊsə/, /ˌvərtʃuˈoʊzə/ Inflections: Plural virtuosas, virtuose. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian virtuosa. Etymology: Apparently < Italian virtuosa (1662 (in the passage translated in quot. 1662 at virtuose n.) or earlier in sense ‘female virtuoso’), feminine form corresponding to virtuoso virtuoso n. The sense ‘morally virtuous or highly esteemed woman’ is not recorded in dictionaries of Italian; however, compare virtuoso virtuous adj., which is attested from the 14th cent. in the senses ‘morally virtuous’ and ‘(of a woman) chaste’.In plural form virtuose after the Italian plural form. †1. A morally virtuous or highly esteemed woman. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > [noun] > virtuous or morally excellent person angel1477 moralist1606 virtuosa1652 saint1852 seraph1853 plaster saint1890 good guy1928 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila sig. C^v Those Ladies, Sir, we Virtuosa's call, But Copies are to this Original; Whose charming Empire of her Grace does Sense Astonish by a Super-excellence. 1668 T. Shadwell Sullen Lovers ii. 20 D'ye think, I that am a Virtuosa understand no better, then to leave you now you are not well. 1675 T. Plume Acct. Life & Death in J. Hacket Cent. Serm. p. vii Pope Gregory XV. had Canonized Ignatius Loyola..and Madam Teresia [sc. St Teresa of Ávila] a Spanish Virtuosa. 2. A female virtuoso (in various senses); esp. a woman who is highly accomplished in music or other arts. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > learned person, scholar > [noun] > female clergess?c1225 scoleryng14.. mistressc1440 virtuosa1754 savante1764 bluestocking1786 literata1794 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > skilled artist1590 virtuoso1714 virtuosa1754 1754 Ld. Chesterfield in World No. 98. ⁋8 Consequently those respectable titles of virtuoso and virtuosa have not the least relation to the moral characters of the parties. 1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio II. 161 This virtuosa, being unemployed, will doubtless have offers from other quarters. 1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §425. 505 A musical virtuosa playing at the same time on a standing and lying stringed instrument. 1877 M. Oliphant Carita I. xiii. 231 ‘Come, Cara, tell me all about the pictures and the china...’ ‘But I am not at all a virtuosa. I don't know.’ 1956 Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times 14 Oct. 11 b/5 Guiomar Novaes, Brazilian pianist regarded as one of the great virtuosas on the concert stage. 1993 M. J. Citron Gender & Musical Canon 248 The virtuose of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries apparently knew each other well. These women..were singer-composers. 2010 P. Roy Alimentary Tracts iv. 168 Jaffrey has come to assume the place of the virtuosa of Indian cooking in the West. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1652
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