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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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: 
        [1913 Webster]
        (a) Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous;
            valiant; brave. [Obs.]
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Old Priam's son, amongst them all, was chiefly
                  virtuous.                         --Chapman.
            [1913 Webster]
        (b) Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative;
            efficacious; potent. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Lifting up his virtuous staff on high,
                  He smote the sea, which calm['e]d was with
                  speed.                            --Spenser.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Every virtuous plant and healing herb. --Milton.
            [1913 Webster]
        (c) Having moral excellence; characterized by morality;
            upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  The virtuous mind that ever walks attended
                  By a strong siding champion, conscience.
                                                    --Milton.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Mistress Ford . . . the virtuous creature, that hath
              the jealous fool to her husband.      --Shak.
        [1913 Webster] -- Vir"tu*ous*ly, adv. --
        Vir"tu*ous*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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:
        (a) Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous;
            valiant; brave. [Obs.]
  
                  Old Priam's son, amongst them all, was chiefly
                  virtuous.                         --Chapman.
        (b) Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative;
            efficacious; potent. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                  Lifting up his virtuous staff on high, He smote
                  the sea, which calm['e]d was with speed.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
                  Every virtuous plant and healing herb. --Milton.
        (c) Having moral excellence; characterized by morality;
            upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action.
  
                  The virtuous mind that ever walks attended By a
                  strong siding champion, conscience. --Milton.
  
     2. Chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women.
  
              Mistress Ford . . . the virtuous creature, that hath
              the jealous fool to her husband.      --Shak.
        -- Vir"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Vir"tu*ous*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  virtuous
     Αγγλικά a.
     ενάρετος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  virtuous
     Middle English a.
     (alternative form of enm vertuous)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  virtuous
     a.
     full#Adjective of virtue; have#Verb excellent#Adjective
  moral#Adjective character#Noun.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  virtuous
     Middle English a.
     (alternative form of enm vertuous)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  virtuous
     Middle English a.
     (alternative form of enm vertuous)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  virtuous
     Englanti a.
     hyveellinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  virtuous
     Engelska a.
     dygdig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/
  مستقيم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  virtuous //ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs// //ˈvɝt͡ʃuəs// 
  доброде́телен, целомъ́дрен
  full of virtue, having excellent moral character

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/
  ctnostně

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/ 
  čestný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/ 
  mravný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/ 
  ctnostný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/
  tugendhaft 
   see: more virtuous, most virtuous
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/ 
  tugendreich 

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/ 
  1. नैतिक
        "He is a virtuous man"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/
  čedan, čestiti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/
  1. érdemes
  2. gyógyhatású
  3. hathatós
  4. erkölcsös
  5. erényes

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  virtuous /ˈvɜ:ʧʊəs/ 
    cnotliwy

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  virtuous //ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs// //ˈvɝt͡ʃuəs// 
  dygdig, dygdesam
  full of virtue, having excellent moral character

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/
  1. erdem sahibi
  2. doğru ve dürüst
  3. iffetli. virtuously  erdemli bir şekilde. virtuousness  erdemlilik.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈvɝtʃuəs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  130 Moby Thesaurus words for "virtuous":
     Christian, advantageous, angelic, auspicious, beneficial,
     benevolent, blameless, blotless, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital,
     chaste, clean, cleanly, cogent, commendable, creditable, decent,
     effectual, efficacious, efficient, elegant, erect, estimable,
     ethical, excellent, exemplary, expedient, fair, fair-minded,
     faithful, famous, faultless, favorable, fine, full of integrity,
     godly, good, goodly, grand, guiltless, healthy, helpful,
     high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest,
     honorable, immaculate, in the clear, incorruptible, inculpable,
     innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, just, kind, laudable,
     law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, manly, moral, moralistic,
     nice, noble, pleasant, principled, profitable, proper, pure,
     pure in heart, purehearted, regal, reputable, respectable, right,
     right-minded, righteous, royal, saintlike, saintly, scrupulous,
     seraphic, sexually innocent, sinless, skillful, snowy, sound,
     splendid, spotless, stainless, sterling, straight, taintless, true,
     true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled,
     true-spirited, truehearted, trustworthy, unblamable, unblemished,
     unblotted, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable,
     unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished,
     upright, uprighteous, upstanding, useful, valid, very good, virgin,
     virginal, white, without reproach, worthy, yeomanly
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 有品德的,善良的,贞洁的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 有品德的,善良的,贞洁的,有效力的

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