"vicieux" meaning in French

See vicieux in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /vi.sjø/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-vicieux.wav Forms: vicieuse [feminine], vicieux [masculine, plural], vicieuses [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vitiōsus. See vice + -eux. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|la|vitiōsus}} Borrowed from Latin vitiōsus, {{af|fr|vice|-eux}} vice + -eux Head templates: {{fr-adj}} vicieux (feminine vicieuse, masculine plural vicieux, feminine plural vicieuses)
  1. lecherous, perverted, depraved
    Sense id: en-vicieux-fr-adj-b7Nj3T8c
  2. sly, deceitful; tricky (question)
    Sense id: en-vicieux-fr-adj-T94Z811Y
  3. vicious (horse)
    Sense id: en-vicieux-fr-adj-Ru5Gx~kz
  4. (literary) wrong (word, pronunciation, etc.) Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-vicieux-fr-adj-kwlNHx1p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cercle vicieux, vicieusement
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /vi.sjø/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-vicieux.wav Forms: vicieux [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vitiōsus. See vice + -eux. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|la|vitiōsus}} Borrowed from Latin vitiōsus, {{af|fr|vice|-eux}} vice + -eux Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} vicieux m (plural vicieux)
  1. pervert Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-vicieux-fr-noun-HZdd2r62 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -eux, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 18 23 5 14 40 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -eux: 30 0 0 8 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 0 0 8 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 0 0 5 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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