\Vir`tu*os"i*ty\, n.
1. The quality or state of being a virtuoso; in a bad sense,
   the character of one in whom mere artistic feeling or
   [ae]sthetic cultivation takes the place of religious
   character; sentimentalism.
         This famous passage . . . over which the virtuosity
         of modern times, rejoicing in evil, has hung so
         fondly.                               --C. Kingsley.
2. Virtuosos, collectively. --Carlyle.
3. An art or study affected by virtuosos.