Found 3 items, similar to virtuous.
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Definition: virtuous
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: virtuous
virtuous
adj 1: of moral excellence;
“a genuinely good person”;
“a just
cause”;
“an upright and respectable man”;
“the life of
the nation is secure only while the nation is honest,
truthful, and virtuous”- Frederick Douglass [syn:
good,
just,
upright]
2: morally excellent [ant:
wicked]
3: behaving according to standards of what is right or just;
“led a virtuous (or moral) life”
4: in a state of sexual virginity;
“pure and vestal modesty”;
“a spinster or virgin lady”;
“men have decreed that their
women must be pure and virginal” [syn:
pure,
vestal,
virgin,
virginal]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Virtuous
Virtuous
\Vir"tu*ous\ (?; 135), a. [OE. vertuous, OF. vertuos,
vertuous, F. vertueux, fr. L. Virtuous. See
Virtue, and cf.
Virtuoso.]
1. Possessing or exhibiting virtue. Specifically:
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(a) Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous;
valiant; brave. [Obs.]
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Old Priam's son, amongst them all, was chiefly
virtuous. --Chapman.
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(b) Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative;
efficacious; potent. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Lifting up his virtuous staff on high,
He smote the sea, which calm['e]d was with
speed. --Spenser.
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Every virtuous plant and healing herb. --Milton.
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(c) Having moral excellence; characterized by morality;
upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action.
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The virtuous mind that ever walks attended
By a strong siding champion, conscience.
--Milton.
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2. Chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women.
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Mistress Ford . . . the virtuous creature, that hath
the jealous fool to her husband. --Shak.
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Vir"tu*ous*ly, adv. --
Vir"tu*ous*ness, n.
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