单词 | vicarious |
释义 | Word Frequency vicarious(vɪˈkɛərɪəs, vaɪ-) adjective 1. obtained or undergone at second hand through sympathetic participation in another's experiences 2. suffered, undergone, or done as the substitute for another vicarious punishment 3. delegated vicarious authority 4. taking the place of another 5. pathology (of menstrual bleeding) occurring at an abnormal site endometriosis Derived forms vicariously (viˈcariously) adverb vicariousness (viˈcariousness) noun Word origin C17: from Latin vicārius substituted, from vicis interchange; see vice3, vicissitude |
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