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virtuous

Pronunciation: /ˈvəːtjʊəs, -tʃʊəs/

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Definition of virtuous

adjective

  • having or showing high moral standards:she considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked
  • archaic (especially of a woman) chaste.

Derivatives

virtuously

adverb

virtuousness

noun

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French vertuous, from late Latin virtuosus, from virtus 'virtue'

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