vertu

/vərˈtu/
noun
  1. A love of or taste for fine objects of art, especially antiques or curiosities.
    • He collected rare coins not for investment but out of pure vertu.
    • The museum's director had a deep vertu for Renaissance furniture.
    • Her apartment was filled with antiques, showing her keen vertu.
  2. The quality of being excellent or admirable in a particular area; virtue or merit (archaic or formal).
    • She possessed a natural vertu for leadership.
    • His vertu as a scholar was recognized by all.
    • The knight was praised for his vertu in battle.
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