- a variation of virtu.
vertu
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Its collection runs to paintings, furniture, statuary, manuscripts, sundry objets de vertu and an authoritative collection of photography.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
She is ... of alle floures flour, Fulfilled of al vertu and honour.
From Chaucer and His Times by Hadow, Grace E.
The professor of vertu was expatiating one day, to a group of bystanders, on the merits of some little gem of a drawing he had just purchased.
From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John
Here men may se the vertu of dyverse herbes, and what thei be, and whiche ben hoote and which ben colde.
From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
I deal in tinware, ironware, pottery, lead pipes, enameled ware, kitchen utensils, American toilet articles, French perfumery, cutlery, linen, sewing machines, saddles, bridles, seeds, fancy poultry, fighting bantams and objects de vertu....
From Rosinante to the Road Again by Dos Passos, John
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