"virtuosity" meaning in English

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              85
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          ],
          "ref": "1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 93:",
          "text": "Greek art and culture, which had become international, degenerated to mere virtuosity, empty of any ideal.",
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          "text": "At any rate, there is fun to be had not only from the De Vriesian virtuosity in pun and parody, but in following his literally incredible plot.",
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      ]
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "virtuoznost",
      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
      "word": "bravuro"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
      "word": "mestaruus"
    },
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
      "word": "taituruus"
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      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
      "word": "virtuositate"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rímháistreacht"
    },
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      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "virtuosità"
    },
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wirtuozja"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "virtuozitate"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "măiestrie"
    },
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      "lang_code": "ru",
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      "sense": "technical skills and fluent style of a virtuoso",
      "word": "виртуозность"
    },
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      "tags": [
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