different between vicious vs inexorable

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)

1. Violent, destructive and cruel.
2. Savage and aggressive.
3. (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.

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)

1. Iniquitous, sinful, wicked (often in a way that causes harm or vice to/in others)
2. (rare) Lacking purity or cleanness; spoiled or defiled.
3. (rare) Inaccurate, modified, or debased; of substandard quality.
4. (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)

1. vicious; malicious
2. 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

English

Etymology

From Middle French inexorable, from Latin inex?r?bilis (“relentless, inexorable”) (or directly from the Latin word), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + ex?r?bilis (“that may be moved or persuaded by entreaty; exorable”). Ex?r?bilis is derived from ex?r?re (from ex?r? (“to persuade, win over; to beg, entreat, plead”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out of’) + ?r? (“to beg, entreat, plead, pray; to deliver a speech, orate”), from ?s (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éh?os (“mouth”)) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n??ks???b?l/, /?n??ks??b(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n?ks??b(?)l/
• Hyphenation: in?ex?or?a?ble

Adjective

inexorable (comparative more inexorable, superlative most inexorable)

1. Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable. [from mid 16th c.]

   Synonyms: implacable, ineluctable, inescapable, unpreventable, unrelenting, unstoppable; see also Thesaurus:inevitable

   Antonym: exorable
2. Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting. [from mid 16th c.]

   Antonym: exorable
3. Adamant; severe.

   Antonym: exorable

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• inexorable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• inexorable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inexorabilis.

Adjective

inexorable (masculine and feminine plural inexorables)

1. inexorable

Derived terms

• inexorablement

Further reading

• “inexorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inexorable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inexorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inexorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inex?r?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n??.z?.?abl/

Adjective

inexorable (plural inexorables)

1. inexorable

   Synonym: inéluctable

Derived terms

• inexorabilité
• inexorablement

Further reading

• “inexorable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inex?r?bilis.

Adjective

inexorable (plural inexorables)

1. inexorable

Related terms

• inexorablemente