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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Knoppix Operating System :-)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 06:47:40 -0000 (UTC)
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On 23 Apr 2024 05:25:15 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 03:07:11 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> What’s the opposite of “virtuoso”? Is it “vicioso”?
> 
> Tyro, or 'tiro' in the Latin spelling for FNG.

I thought a “tyro” was more of a “novice”. If a “virtuoso” having ability 
is “virtuous”, the opposite would be not so much the absence of ability, 
but the presence of downright anti-ability: not being “virtuous”, but 
“vicious”.