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vicious

adj
/ˈvɪʃəs/

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English vicious, from Anglo-Norman vicious, (modern French vicieux), from Latin vitiōsus, from vitium (“fault, vice”). Equivalent to vice + -ous.

  1. derived from vitiōsus
  2. derived from vicious
  3. inherited from vicious

Definitions

  1. Violent, destructive and cruel.

  2. Savage and aggressive.

  3. Pertaining to vice

    Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.

    • We may so seize on vertue, that if we embrace it with an over-greedy and violent desire, it may become vicious.
    • Admiral Crawford was a man of vicious conduct, who chose, instead of retaining his niece, to bring his mistress under his own roof
    • A murrain on you, Reverend Apse/I hope you get caught in a vicious moral lapse.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

vicious circle, vicious cycle, vicious intromission

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vicious. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA