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vicious
English
Alternative forms
- vitious (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English vicious, from Anglo-Norman vicious, (modern French vicieux), from Latin viti?sus, from vitium (“fault, vice”). Equivalent to vice +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v???s/
- Rhymes: -???s
Adjective
vicious (comparative viciouser or more vicious, superlative viciousest or most vicious)
- Violent, destructive and cruel.
- Savage and aggressive.
- (archaic) Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.195:
- We may so seize on vertue, that if we embrace it with an over-greedy and violent desire, it may become vicious.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.195:
Synonyms
- scathy
Derived terms
- vicious circle
Related terms
- See vice#Related_terms
Translations
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vicious, from Latin viti?sus; equivalent to vice +? -ous.
Alternative forms
- viciows, vicius, vycious, vycyus, vicyous, vecyous, vysyous, vycios, vycyous, vicyows
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /visi?u?s/, /vis?ju?s/, /?visjus/
Adjective
vicious (plural and weak singular viciouse)
- Iniquitous, sinful, wicked (often in a way that causes harm or vice to/in others)
- (rare) Lacking purity or cleanness; spoiled or defiled.
- (rare) Inaccurate, modified, or debased; of substandard quality.
- (rare) Injurious, dangerous; causing serious harm.
Descendants
- English: vicious
- Scots: veecious
References
- “vici?us, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-01.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin viti?sus;
Adjective
vicious m (oblique and nominative feminine singular viciouse)
- vicious; malicious
- defective; not capable of functioning
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: vicious, viciows, vicius, vycious, vycyus, vicyous, vecyous, vysyous, vycios, vycyous, vicyows
- English: vicious
- Scots: veecious
References
- vicios on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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egregious
English
Etymology
From Latin ?gregius, from e- (“out of”), + grex (“flock”), + English adjective suffix -ous, from Latin suffix -osus (“full of”); reflecting the positive connotations of "standing out from the flock".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????i?.d??s/, /????i?.d?i.?s/
- Rhymes: -i?d??s
Adjective
egregious (comparative more egregious, superlative most egregious)
- conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
- 16thC, Christopher Marlowe, Ignoto,
- I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"
- c1605, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, Act 2, Scene 3,
- My lord, you give me most egregious indignity.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious.
- 16thC, Christopher Marlowe, Ignoto,
- Outrageously bad; shocking.
Usage notes
The negative meaning arose in the late 16th century, probably originating in sarcasm. Before that, it meant outstanding in a good way. Webster also gives “distinguished” as an archaic meaning, and notes that contemporary usage often has an unpleasant connotation (for example, “an egregious error”). It generally precedes such epithets as ass, blunderer, rascal, and rogue. The Italian as well as Spanish cognate egregio has retained a strictly positive sense, as has the Portuguese cognate egrégio.
Related terms
- egregia cum laude
Derived terms
- egregiously
- egregiousness
Translations
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