different between childlike vs virtuous

English

Etymology

child +? -like

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?a?ldla?k/

Adjective

childlike (comparative more childlike, superlative most childlike)

1. Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.

   Synonyms: credulous, unworldly; see also Thesaurus:naive

2. Of, like, or suitable for a child.

   Synonyms: childish, childly; see also Thesaurus:childlike

Quotations

Derived terms

• childlikeness

Related terms

• childish

Translations

References

• childlike in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• childlike in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Alternative forms

• vertuous (obsolete)
• vertuus (obsolete)
• virtuose (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English vertuous, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertuous, vertous, ultimately from Late Latin virtu?sus, from Latin virt?s.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??t????s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?t??u?s/
• Hyphenation: vir?tu?ous

Adjective

virtuous (comparative more virtuous, superlative most virtuous)

1. Full of virtue, having excellent moral character.

Synonyms

• good
• righteous

Derived terms

• virtuous circle, virtuous cycle
• virtuousness

Related terms

• virtual
• virtue
• virtuosity

Translations

Further reading

• virtuous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• virtuous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Middle English

Adjective

virtuous

1. Alternative form of vertuous