Virtuous Meaning
/ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjFull of virtue; having excellent moral character.
Sentence Examples
Any virtuous idea can be vicious in itself.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ woman always helped others in need and never told a lie.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She led a ____ life, always trying to do what was right and several help the people in her community today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English vertuous, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertuous, vertous, ultimately from Late Latin virtuōsus, from Latin virtūs. By surface analysis, virtue + -ous. Doublet of virtuoso and piecewise doublet of virtùous.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Her virtuous, pale-blue, saucerlike eyes flooded with leviathan tears on unexpected occasions and made Yossarian mad."
— 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ woman always helped others in need and never told a lie.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She led a ____ life, always trying to do what was right and several help the people in her community today.