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Latin
Etymology
From vitium + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vitiōsus (feminine vitiōsa, neuter vitiōsum, comparative vitiōsior, superlative vitiōsissimus, adverb vitiōsē); first/second-declension adjective
- full of faults or defects; faulty, defective, bad, corrupt
- morally faulty, wicked, depraved, vicious
- Synonyms: scelerātus, scelestus, facinorōsus, malus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “vitiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vitiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vitiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- incorrect usage: consuetudo vitiosa et corrupta (opp. pura et incorrupta) sermonis