vertuus
English edit
Adjective edit
vertuus (comparative more vertuus, superlative most vertuus)
Noun edit
vertuus
- (obsolete) plural of vertuu, an obsolete spelling of virtue.
- 16th century, Henry VIII, “Lusty youth should us ensue”, in John E. Stevens, editor, Music & Poetry in the Early Tudor Court[2], published 1961, page 417:
- For withowt ther goode gydaunce / Yough shuld fall in grett myschaunce; / For yough ys frayle and prompt to doo, / As well vices as vertuus to ensew;
Middle English edit
Adjective edit
vertuus
- Alternative form of vertuous