virtudioso

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)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of virtuoso
   • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎^[1], 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 [an] 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