Definitions for vertu

vertu ver·tu

Spelling: [ver-too, vur-too]
IPA: /vərˈtu, ˈvɜr tu/

Vertu is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in vertu (ertuv).

Definitions for vertu

noun

  1. virtu.
  2. excellence or merit in objects of art, curios, and the like.
  3. (used with a plural verb) such objects or articles collectively.
  4. a taste for or knowledge of such objects.

Origin of vertu

1715-25; Italian virtù, vertù virtue

Examples for vertu

Verily kings have a slender chance, between the worms and the lovers of vertu.

Curios, a corruption of curiosities; any articles of vertu brought from abroad.

The vertu and use of coffee with regard to the plague and other infectious distempers.

Inc. “Here may men se the vertu of herbes which ben hot and which ben colde.”

He would make another trip for the lacquer god, and for such other articles of value or vertu which the junk might contain.

Come, now, let us go and explore Monsieur de Beauchamp's articles of vertu.

Mrs Gaff furthermore displayed her taste for articles of vertu in her selection of chimney-piece ornaments.

The china and articles of vertu are as rare as they are valuable.

He liked the society of politicians and literary men, and he was also a collector of pictures and articles of vertu.

If there is no room on the lorries for any article of vertu, it goes on the tank.

Word Value for vertu
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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