vertu

Middle English

/ˈvɛrtiu̯/

noun
Definitions
  • An ability, specialty, or feature:
  • Power, competence, ability; ability to effect behaviour or action:
  • Virtue moral goodness, adherence to ethics:
  • One of several ranks of angels, being above "powers" and below "dominions".
  • A military troop or band; a group of combatants.
  • Willpower or mental fibre; one's ability to fulfill one's will.
  • Glory, honourableness, or knightliness; that expected by chivalry.
  • Sapience, wisdom, higher functioning or that which causes it.
  • Raw physical strength, exertion, or endurance.
  • The constitution, health, or animacy of a living thing.

Etymology

Borrowed from vertu derived from Latin virtūtem (virtue).

Origin

Latin

virtūtem

Gloss

virtue

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