■ adjective
1》 cruel or violent.
↘(of an animal) wild and dangerous.
2》 literary immoral.
3》 archaic (of language or reasoning) imperfect; defective.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
~ness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. ~ or L. vitiosus , from vitium 'vice'.
■ adjective
1》 cruel or violent.
↘(of an animal) wild and dangerous.
2》 literary immoral.
3》 archaic (of language or reasoning) imperfect; defective.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
~ness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. ~ or L. vitiosus , from vitium 'vice'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004