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adjective
1.
conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
2.
chaste: a virtuous young person.
Origin:
1300–50; alteration (with i < Latin ) of Middle English vertuous < Anglo-French < Late Latin virtuōsus, equivalent to Latin virtu(s) virtue + -ōsus -ous
1300–50; alteration (with i < Latin ) of Middle English vertuous < Anglo-French < Late Latin virtuōsus, equivalent to Latin virtu(s) virtue + -ōsus -ous
Related forms
vir·tu·ous·ly, adverb
vir·tu·ous·ness, noun
non·vir·tu·ous, adjective
non·vir·tu·ous·ly, adverb
non·vir·tu·ous·ness, noun
EXPANDqua·si-vir·tu·ous, adjective
qua·si-vir·tu·ous·ly, adverb
un·vir·tu·ous, adjective
un·vir·tu·ous·ly, adverb
un·vir·tu·ous·ness, noun
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Word Origin & History
virtuous
late 14c., "chaste" (of women), from virtue (q.v.). Earlier it was used in a sense of "valiant, valorous, manly" (c.1300).
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