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Italian
Etymology
From virtude + -oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vir.tuˈdjo.zo/
- Rhymes: -ozo
- Hyphenation: vir‧tu‧dió‧so
Adjective
virtudioso (feminine virtudiosa, masculine plural virtudiosi, feminine plural virtudiose)
- (obsolete) Synonym of virtuoso
1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle], published 1991, section 1:fia dilettevole e utile e conforto a’ nostri cittadini che sono e che saranno, in essere virtudiosi e di grande operazione, considerando come sono discesi di nobile progenie e di virtudiose genti, come furono gli antichi buoni Troiani, e’ valenti e nobili Romani- It will be pleasing and useful, and advice to our fellow citizens, present and yet to come, being virtuous and great workers, considering how they're descended from a noble lineage, and from virtuous peoples, like the good, ancient Trojans, and the valorous and noble Romans were
Further reading
- virtudioso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication