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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. ενάρετοςFrom 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. hyveellinenFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
virtuous Engelska a. dygdigFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/ مستقيمFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
virtuous //ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs// //ˈvɝt͡ʃuəs//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]доброде́телен, целомъ́дрен full of virtue, having excellent moral character
virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/ ctnostněFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]čestný
virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]mravný
virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]ctnostný
virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/ tugendhaftFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]see: more virtuous, most virtuous
virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]tugendreich
virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. नैतिक "He is a virtuous man"
virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/ čedan, čestitiFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/ 1. érdemes 2. gyógyhatású 3. hathatós 4. erkölcsös 5. erényesFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
virtuous /ˈvɜ:ʧʊəs/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]cnotliwy
virtuous //ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs// //ˈvɝt͡ʃuəs//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]dygdig, dygdesam full of virtue, having excellent moral character
virtuous /vˈɜːtʃuːəs/ 1. erdem sahibi 2. doğru ve dürüst 3. iffetli. virtuously erdemli bir şekilde. virtuousness erdemlilik.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈvɝtʃuəs/
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, yeomanlyFrom 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