vertuus

comparative more vertuus · superlative most vertuus

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of virtuous.

   HE that made this hous for contemplacion / Myndyde specially excercyse of lernynge and vertuus occupation.

   c. 1520, William Peeris, “The prouerbis in the rouf of my lorde percy closett at lekyngfelde”, in Chronicle of the Family of Percy, published 1843, page 482

1. obsoletepluralplural of vertuu, an obsolete spelling of virtue.

   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;

   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