What does vertuous mean?

vertuous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

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"TO THE GODLY AND VERTUOUS LADY, THE LADY JANE DEUOREUX, OF MERIUALE."
"Doſt thou thinke becauſe thou art vertuous, there ſhall be no more Cakes and Ale?"
"To my Vertuous, No less than in all things else Deserving NIECE, Mrs. ELIZABETH DRAPER."

more vertuous (comparative) most vertuous (superlative)

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