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 Definitions of virtuous  [ˈvɜr tʃu əs]  

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Definition of 'virtuous' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) virtuous
conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright.

2.  virtuous
chaste:
a virtuous young person.

Etymology:  (1300–50; vertuous < AF < LL virtuōsus= L virtu(s)virtue+-ōsus -ous)

Definition of 'virtuous' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) virtuous
morally excellent

2. (adj) pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuous
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"


Definition of 'virtuous' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) virtuous
possessing or exhibiting virtue

2. (adj) virtuous
exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave

3. (adj) virtuous
having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious; potent

4. (adj) virtuous
having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action

5. (adj) virtuous
chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women


Translation of 'virtuous' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: morally good
She is a virtuous young woman.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kuis Arabic flag Arabic: عَفيف، طاهِر، ذو فَضيلَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: непорочна
Brazilian flag Brazilian: virtuoso Czech flag Czech: ctnostný German flag German: tugendhaft
Danish flag Danish: dydig; anstændig Greek flag Greek: ενάρετος Spanish flag Spanish: virtuoso; (peyorativo) sa
Estonian flag Estonian: vooruslik Farsi flag Farsi: پرهیزکار Finnish flag Finnish: hyveellinen
French flag French: vertueux Hebrew flag Hebrew: בַּעַל הִתנַהֲגוּת מוּסָר Hindi flag Hindi: नैतिक
Croatian flag Croatian: moralan Hungarian flag Hungarian: erkölcsös Indonesian flag Indonesian: berwatak baik
Icelandic flag Icelandic: dyggðugur Italian flag Italian: virtuoso Japanese flag Japanese: 徳のある
Korean flag Korean: 덕이 있는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dorybingas Latvian flag Latvian: tikumīgs
Malay flag Malay: berakhlak mulia Dutch flag Dutch: deugdzaam Norwegian flag Norwegian: dydig, moralsk
Polish flag Polish: prawy, cnotliwy Persian flag Persian: پرهیزکار Pashto flag Pashto: سپيڅلى، پرهيز ګار، ښه، ني
Portuguese flag Portuguese: virtuoso Romanian flag Romanian: virtuos Russian flag Russian: добродетельный
Slovak flag Slovak: poctivý Slovenian flag Slovenian: kreposten Serbian flag Serbian: moralan
Swedish flag Swedish: dygdig, rättskaffens Thai flag Thai: มีความดี Turkish flag Turkish: dürüst, erdemli, faziletl
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 品德高尚的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: доброчесний Urdu flag Urdu: نيک، خوش اخلاق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đức tính tốt Chinese flag Chinese: 品行端正的,有道德的

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