Associations to the word «Vertu»

Wiktionary

VERTU, noun. (archaic) Especially in the writings of Machiavelli (1469–1527): excellence; moral virtue; honor; power.
VERTU, noun. (arts) Knowledge of the fine arts.
VERTU, noun. (arts) Objets d'art collectively.
VERTÙ, noun. Alternative form of vertu.

Dictionary definition

VERTU, noun. Love of or taste for fine objects of art.
VERTU, noun. Artistic quality.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne