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Look up: virtuous

  1. virtuous
    [adj] - morally excellent 2. [adj] - behaving according to standards of what is right or just
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Virtuous
    Vir'tu·ous adjective [ Middle English vertuous , Old French vertuos , vertuous , French vertueux , from Latin Virtuous . See Virtue , and confer Virtuoso .] 1. Possessing or exhibiting virtue. Specifically: -- (a) Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave. [ Obsolete] « Old Priam's son, amongst them all, ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/28

  3. virtuous
    1. Possessing or exhibiting virtue. Specifically: ... Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave. 'Old Priam's son, amongst them all, was chiefly virtuous.' (Chapman) ... Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious; potent. 'Lifting up his virtuous staff on high, He smote the sea, which calmed was with speed.' (Sp ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. virtuous
    adjective morally excellent
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Virtuous
    • (a.) Having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action. • (a.) Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave. • (a.) Possessing or exhibiting virtue. • (a.) Chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women. • (a.) Having power or efficacy; powerfully operativ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. virtuous
    virtuous 1. Originally, distinguished by manly qualities; full of manly courage; valiant, valorous. 2. Possessing or showing virtue in life and conduct; acting with moral rectitude or in conformity with moral laws; free from vice, immorality, or wickedness; good, just, righteous. 3. Having or showing moral goodness or righteousness. 4. Not having sex...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf


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8 November 2009

This day in history:
Just before 11.00am on 8th November 1987 a Provisional IRA bomb exploded without warning as people gathered at the war memorial in Enniskillen for the annual Remembrance Day service. Eleven people were killed and 63 injured, nine of them seriously, when the three-story gable wall of St Michael's Reading Rooms crashed down burying people in several feet of rubble. The Provisional IRA admitted responsibility the following day. read more

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