VIRTUOUS


Meaning of VIRTUOUS in English

adj.1 possessing or showing moral rectitude.

2 chaste.

Phrases and idioms:

virtuous circle a beneficial recurring cycle of cause and effect (cf. vicious circle (see CIRCLE n. 11)).

Derivatives:

virtuously adv. virtuousness n.

Etymology: ME f. OF vertuous f. LL virtuosus f. virtus VIRTUE

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.