Associations to the word «Virtu»

Wiktionary

VIRTU, noun. Alternative form of vertu.

Dictionary definition

VIRTU, noun. Love of or taste for fine objects of art.
VIRTU, noun. Artistic quality.
VIRTU, noun. Objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats