Mistress Ford . . . the virtuous creature, that hath the jealous fool
to her husband.
Shak.
— Vir"tu*ous*ly, adv. — Vir"tu*ous*ness, n.
{ Vir"u*lence (?), Vir"u*len*cy (?), } n. [Cf. F. virulence, L.
virulentia an offensive odor, a stench.] 1. The quality or state of
being virulent or venomous; poisonousness; malignancy.
2. Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition. "Refuted without
satirical virulency." Barrow.
The virulence of one declaimer, or the profundities and sublimities of
the other.