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Word entry · 8 letters

virtuous

Best crossword clue

"Morally upright"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted iorstuuvStarts with VEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. in a state of sexual virginity

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • Successful communities need strong, selfless leaders and a virtuous people.
  • Her virtuous, pale-blue, saucerlike eyes flooded with leviathan tears on unexpected occasions and made Yossarian mad.

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