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virtuous 音標拼音: [v'ɚtʃuəs] a. 有品德的,善良的,貞潔的,有效力的 有品德的,善良的,貞潔的,有效力的 virtuous adj 1: morally excellent [ ant: { wicked}] 2: 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" [ synonym: { pure}, { vestal}, { virgin}, { virginal}, { virtuous}] 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] Virulence130 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
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