vertuus
English
Adjective
vertuus (comparative more vertuus, superlative most vertuus)
- Obsolete spelling of virtuous
Noun
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, 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;
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Middle English
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