Vitious
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Obsolete form of vicious. alt-of, obsolete
"Matter of doubt and dread suspitious, / That doth with curelesse care consume the hart, / Corrupts the stomacke with gall vitious, / Croscuts the liuer with internall smart, / And doth transfixe the soule with deathes eternall dart."
Example
More examples"Matter of doubt and dread suspitious, / That doth with curelesse care consume the hart, / Corrupts the stomacke with gall vitious, / Croscuts the liuer with internall smart, / And doth transfixe the soule with deathes eternall dart."
Etymology
From Latin vitiōsus.
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