vicious
English
/ˈvɪʃəs/
adj
Definitions
- Violent, destructive and cruel.
- Savage and aggressive.
- (archaic) Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vicious derived from vicious derived from Latin vitiōsus affix from English vice.
Origin
English
vice
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antivice English
- unvicious English
- vice English
- viced English
- viceless English
- vicelike English
- viceman English
- viciosity English
- viciously English
- viciousness English
- vitiose Latin
- vitiositas Latin
- vitiōsus Latin
- vezzoso Italian
- vizioso Italian
- vice French
- vicieux French
- vice Middle English
- vicious Middle English
- viciously Middle English
- viciousnesse Middle English
- vicious Old French
- viciós Catalan, Valencian
- viçoso Old Portuguese
- vicious xno