objet de vertu
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of objet de vertu
French, coined by the British as a translation of object of virtu but literally meaning only ``object of virtue''
Example Sentences
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It certainly isn't necessary to know what or molu is, nor to have any other objet de vertu but your wife.
From The Potiphar Papers by Curtis, George William
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