Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - vicious
Vicious
vicious
adj. 1 bad-tempered, spiteful (a vicious dog; vicious remarks). 2 violent, severe (a vicious attack). 3 of the nature of or addicted to vice. 4 (of language or reasoning etc.) faulty or unsound. Phrases and idioms vicious circle see CIRCLE n. 11. vicious spiral continual harmful interaction of causes and effects, esp. as causing repeated rises in both prices and wages. Derivatives viciously adv. viciousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF vicious or L vitiosus f. vitium VICE(1)
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French vicios, from Latin vitiosus full of faults, corrupt, from vitium vice Date: 14th century having the nature or quality of vice or immorality ; depraved, defective, faulty, impure, noxious, 4. dangerously aggressive ; savage , marked by violence or ferocity ; fierce , malicious, spiteful , worsened by internal causes that reciprocally augment each other , ~ly adverb ~ness noun Synonyms: see: ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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