vicieux

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitiōsus. See vice +‎ -eux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.sjø/

• Audio:

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Adjective

vicieux (feminine vicieuse, masculine plural vicieux, feminine plural vicieuses)

1. lecherous, perverted, depraved
2. sly, deceitful; tricky (question)
3. vicious (horse)
4. (literary) wrong (word, pronunciation, etc.)

Antonyms

• vertueux

Derived terms

• cercle vicieux
• vicieusement

Noun

vicieux m (plural vicieux)

1. pervert

Further reading

• “vicieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.