"virtuous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɝt͡ʃuəs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-virtuous.ogg [General-American] Forms: more virtuous [comparative], most virtuous [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English vertuous, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertuous, vertous, ultimately from Late Latin virtuōsus, from Latin virtūs. Doublet of virtuoso. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|vertuous}} Middle English vertuous, {{der|en|xno|vertuous}} Anglo-Norman vertuous, {{m|fro|vertous}} vertous, {{der|en|LL.|virtuōsus}} Late Latin virtuōsus, {{der|en|la|virtūs}} Latin virtūs, {{doublet|en|virtuoso}} Doublet of virtuoso Head templates: {{en-adj}} virtuous (comparative more virtuous, superlative most virtuous)
  1. Full of virtue; having excellent moral character. Hypernyms: pure Derived forms: virtuous circle, virtuous cycle, virtuous couch, virtuousness, pseudovirtuous Related terms: virtual, virtue, virtuosity, hero, goodness, model Translations (full of virtue; having excellent moral character): ἐνάρετος (enáretos) (Ancient Greek), فَاضِل (fāḍil) (Arabic), առաքինի (aṙakʿini) (Armenian), дабрадзе́йны (dabradzjéjny) (Belarusian), цно́тлівы (cnótlivy) (Belarusian), цно́тны (cnótny) (Belarusian), নেক (nek) (Bengali), ফাজেল (fazel) (Bengali), доброде́телен (dobrodételen) (Bulgarian), целомъ́дрен (celomǎ́dren) (Bulgarian), virtuós (Catalan), 有道德的 (yǒu dàodé de) (Chinese Mandarin), 有德行的 (yǒu déxíng de) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (zhēn) (Chinese Mandarin), ctnostný (Czech), dydig (Danish), deugdzaam (Dutch), virta (Esperanto), vertueux (French), virtuoso (Galician), სათნო (satno) (Georgian), უმანკო (umanḳo) (Georgian), უმწიკვლო (umc̣iḳvlo) (Georgian), züchtig (German), tugendhaft (German), tugendsam (German), ηθικός (ithikós) (Greek), ενάρετος (enáretos) (Greek), vertuoza (Ido), virtuoso (Italian), probus (Latin), tikumīgs (Latvian), šķīsts (Latvian), доброде́телен (dobrodételen) (Macedonian), до́блестен (dóblesten) (Macedonian), tapatahi (Maori), ngākaupai (Maori), yáʼátʼéehii (Navajo), dydig (Norwegian Bokmål), virtuós (Occitan), chiusce (Old High German), sitlich (Plautdietsch), cnotliwy (Polish), virtuoso (Portuguese), nobre (Portuguese), digno (Portuguese), virtuos (Romanian), доброде́тельный (dobrodételʹnyj) (Russian), целому́дренный (celomúdrennyj) (Russian), गुणज्ञ (guṇajña) (Sanskrit), вр̏лӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), vȑlī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), cnostný (Slovak), čednosten (Slovene), virtuoso (Spanish), dygdig (Swedish), dygdesam (Swedish), erdemli (Turkish), faziletli (Turkish), доброче́сний (dobročésnyj) (Ukrainian), цнотли́вий (cnotlývyj) (Ukrainian), чеснотли́вий (česnotlývyj) (Ukrainian)

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒu dàodé de",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "有道德的"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒu déxíng de",
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          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "貞"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "贞"
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          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
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          "word": "virta"
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          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "სათნო"
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          "word": "yáʼátʼéehii"
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          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
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          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "nobre"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "digno"
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          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "virtuos"
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          "roman": "dobrodételʹnyj",
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          "word": "доброде́тельный"
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          "roman": "celomúdrennyj",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "целому́дренный"
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          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "guṇajña",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "गुणज्ञ"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "cnostný"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "čednosten"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "virtuoso"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "dygdig"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "dygdesam"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "erdemli"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "faziletli"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dobročésnyj",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "доброче́сний"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "cnotlývyj",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "цнотли́вий"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "česnotlývyj",
          "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
          "word": "чеснотли́вий"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɝt͡ʃuəs/",
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        "General-American"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "risque"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "shameless"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "unchaste"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
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      "word": "virtuous circle"
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    {
      "word": "virtuous cycle"
    },
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      "word": "virtuous couch"
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      "word": "virtuousness"
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      "word": "pure"
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      "word": "admirable"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "excellent"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "matchless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "peerless"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "sterling"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "creditable"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "commendable"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "laudable"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "praiseworthy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "sanctimonious"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "angelic"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "devout"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "godlike"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "godly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "heaven-born"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "pious"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "religious"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "reverent"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "reverential"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "saintly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "saint-like"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "seraphic"
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      "word": "virtual"
    },
    {
      "word": "virtue"
    },
    {
      "word": "virtuosity"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "hero"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "goodness"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "model"
    }
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        "Bengali terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English adjectives",
        "English doublets",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
        "English terms derived from Late Latin",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Successful communities need strong, selfless leaders and a virtuous people.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "word": "good"
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          "word": "righteous"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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        "obsolete"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "chaste"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "continent"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "correct"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "delicate"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "deserving"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "dutiful"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "duteous"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "good"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "honest"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "innocent"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "meritorious"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "noble"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "right"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "right-minded"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "straight"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "virtuous"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "well-intentioned"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "whole-souled"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:virtuous",
      "word": "worthy"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fāḍil",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "فَاضِل"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aṙakʿini",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "առաքինի"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dabradzjéjny",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "дабрадзе́йны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "cnótlivy",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "цно́тлівы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "cnótny",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "цно́тны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "nek",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "নেক"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "fazel",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "ফাজেল"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dobrodételen",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "доброде́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "celomǎ́dren",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "целомъ́дрен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "virtuós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǒu dàodé de",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "有道德的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǒu déxíng de",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "有德行的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "貞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēn",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "贞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "ctnostný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "dydig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "deugdzaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "virta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "vertueux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "virtuoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "satno",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "სათნო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "umanḳo",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "უმანკო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "umc̣iḳvlo",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "უმწიკვლო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "züchtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "tugendhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "tugendsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ithikós",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "ηθικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enáretos",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "ενάρετος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "enáretos",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "ἐνάρετος"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "vertuoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "virtuoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "probus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "tikumīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "šķīsts"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dobrodételen",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "доброде́телен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dóblesten",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "до́блестен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "tapatahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "ngākaupai"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "yáʼátʼéehii"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "dydig"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "virtuós"
    },
    {
      "code": "goh",
      "lang": "Old High German",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "chiusce"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "sitlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "cnotliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "virtuoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "nobre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "digno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "virtuos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dobrodételʹnyj",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "доброде́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "celomúdrennyj",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "целому́дренный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "guṇajña",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "गुणज्ञ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "вр̏лӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "vȑlī"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "cnostný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "čednosten"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "virtuoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "dygdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "dygdesam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "erdemli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "faziletli"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dobročésnyj",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "доброче́сний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cnotlývyj",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "цнотли́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "česnotlývyj",
      "sense": "full of virtue; having excellent moral character",
      "word": "чеснотли́вий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "virtuous"
}

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