Vertu
[vә:'tu:]
Definition
(n.) Virtue; power. See Virtue.
(n.) See Virtu.
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Definition
possessing virtue or power.
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Examples
- She passed herself off on the amorous doctor, _comme une grande vertu_, on purpose to laugh at him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Silver plated goods for the table and articles of vertu are to be found everywhere. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A bas les grandes passions et les sévères vertus! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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