| Word | make a virtue of necessity |
|---|---|
| Description | derive some credit or benefit from an unwelcome obligation. This is a concept found in Latin in the writings of St Jerome …. facis de necessitate virtutem….you make a virtue of necessity. It passed into Old French (faire de necessite vertu) and was apparently first used in English around 1374 by Chaucer in Troilus and Criseyde. 1997 - Spectator - How important it is for humanity always to make a virtue out of necessity. derive some credit or benefit from an unwelcome obligation. This is a concept found in Latin in the writings of St Jerome …. facis de necessitate virtutem….you make a virtue of necessity. It passed into Old French (faire de nece |
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