Found 2 items, similar to virtu.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: virtu virtu n 1: love of or taste for fine objects of art [syn: vertu, connoisseurship] 2: artistic quality [syn: vertu] 3: objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Virtu Virtu \Vir*tu"\ (?; 277), n. [It. virt[`u] virtue, excellence, from L. virtus. See Virtue.] A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities. --J. Spence. [1913 Webster] An article of virtu, or a piece of virtu, an object of art or antiquity; a curiosity, such as those found in museums or private collections. [1913 Webster] I had thoughts, in my chambers to place it in view, To be shown to my friends as a piece of virt[`u]. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]