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Latin
Etymology 1
From vitiōsus + -ē (adverbial suffix).
Adverb
vitiōsē (comparative vitiōsius, superlative vitiōsissimē)
- faultily, defectively, badly, corruptly
Usage notes
The superlative, vitiōsissimus, is attested, but the comparative is not.
Etymology 2
Adjective
vitiōse
- vocative masculine singular of vitiōsus
References
- “vitiose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vitiose”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vitiose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.