vicieux
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vitiōsus. See vice + -eux.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.sjø/
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Adjective
vicieux (feminine vicieuse, masculine plural vicieux, feminine plural vicieuses)
- lecherous, perverted, depraved
- sly, deceitful; tricky (question)
- vicious (horse)
- (literary) wrong (word, pronunciation, etc.)
Antonyms
- vertueux
Derived terms
- cercle vicieux
- vicieusement
Noun
vicieux m (plural vicieux)
- pervert
Further reading
- “vicieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.