transcription, транскрипция: [ vī-ˈker-ē-əs, və- ]
adjective
Etymology: Latin vicarius, from vicis change, alternation, stead — more at week
Date: 1637
1.
a. : serving instead of someone or something else
b. : that has been delegated
vicarious authority
2. : performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to the benefit or advantage of another : substitutionary
a vicarious sacrifice
3. : experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
4. : occurring in an unexpected or abnormal part of the body instead of the usual one
vicarious menstruation manifested by bleeding from the nose
• vi·car·i·ous·ly adverb
• vi·car·i·ous·ness noun