virtuosity

/vərʧuˈɑsɪti/

Other forms: virtuosities

Use the noun virtuosity to describe an impressive skill, such as a classical musician's virtuosity at playing the cello.

Lots of people have talents, but only a select few, called virtuosos, have the superior quality of virtuosity. A piano virtuoso, for example, is able to play and improvise at the highest level possible. People can also display virtuosity in speaking, in writing computer code, in cooking, or in other skills. In the late fifteenth century, virtuosity specifically meant "manly qualities," from the Latin root virtutem, "manliness, valor, or excellence."

Definitions of virtuosity

1. noun

   technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso
   types:

   bravura

   brilliant and showy technical skill

   type of:

   science, skill

   ability to produce solutions in some problem domain