virtuous
7
9.6
- adjective
- /ˈvɜr.tʃu.əs/
- Archaic
:
casto
- Who can find a virtuous wife for her worth is far above Ruby's.
- virtuous woman
Examples
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Then I must humbly ask whether such a virtuous young lady would even know how to dance.
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Three described fair, chaste, virtuous women, whose lives were redolent of sweetness.
Fiction book (1993) -
I see a virtuous woman.
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You should account me the more virtuous that I have not been common in my love.
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Her husband had given her a wedding ring to keep her virtuous.
Academic text (1996) -
...to a virtuous young lady with a shining white soul.
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Come, Kate, most patient, sweet and virtuous of wives.
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I am the chaste and virtuous wife of another man.
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Whenever he sees a virtuous, married woman, his heart leaps with joy.
Fiction book (1992) -
Proverbs 31 beautifully describes a virtuous woman whose worth is far above rubies.
Synonyms
212
1.4
Morally good and not involved in sexual activity
14
7.4
Not having sex, often for religious or moral reasons
5
7.6
Not having had sex
1
9.9
Relating to being sexually pure
Antonyms
Compounds
How Chaste
1
7.7
- NSFW
5
7.6
- Archaic
7
9.6
14
7.4
2
6.1
- NSFW
28
7.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Virtuous also had an older meaning tied to virtus and virtue, which stood for 'moral purity'. Because of this older sense, writers often used virtuous to mean 'chaste', so in older texts a 'virtuous' woman is one who is sexually 'pure'.