virtuous

 
Pronunciation: /ˈvəːtjʊəs, -tʃʊəs/

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'