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vir•tu



Pronunciation: (vur-tOO', vûr'tOO), [key]
n.
1. excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
2. (used with plural v.) such objects or articles collectively.
3. a taste for or knowledge of such objects. Also,vertu.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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