vertuous

Obsolete spelling of virtuous.

Adjective

  1. Obsolete spelling of virtuous.
    • TO THE GODLY AND VERTUOUS LADY, THE LADY JANE DEUOREUX, OF MERIUALE. - 1591, Michael Drayton, The Harmonie of the Church:
    • Doſt thou thinke becauſe thou art vertuous, there ſhall be no more Cakes and Ale? - c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, &...
    • To my Vertuous, No less than in all things else Deserving NIECE, Mrs. ELIZABETH DRAPER. - 1659, Francis Osborne, A Miscellany of Sundry Essays:

Forms

more vertuous most vertuous