Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun virtu

3 senses of virtu

Sense 1
virtu, vertu, connoisseurship -- (love of or taste for fine objects of art)
       => taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness -- (delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste")

Sense 2
virtu, vertu -- (artistic quality)
       => quality -- (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare)

Sense 3
virtu -- (objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques))
       => objet d'art, art object, piece -- (a work of art of some artistic value; "this store sells only objets d'art"; "it is not known who created this piece")