refer to a "master" or "ace" who excels technically within any particular field or area of human knowledge--anyone especially or dazzlingly skilled at what they do.

History

The meaning of virtuoso has its roots in the Italian usage of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, signifying an honorific term reserved for a person distinguished in any intellectual or artistic field. The term evolved with time, simultaneously broadening and narrowing in scope as interpretations went in and out of fashion and debates unraveled. Originally

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