vicious

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Violent, destructive and cruel.
  2. Savage and aggressive.
  3. (archaic) Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈvɪʃəs/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

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.

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