"vicious" meaning in Middle English

See vicious in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /visiˈuːs/, /visˈjuːs/, /ˈvisjus/ Forms: viciouse [plural], viciouse [singular, weak]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vicious, from Latin vitiōsus; equivalent to vice + -ous. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|xno|vicious}} Anglo-Norman vicious, {{der|enm|la|vitiōsus}} Latin vitiōsus, {{af|enm|vice|-ous}} vice + -ous Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|plural and weak singular|viciouse||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} vicious (plural and weak singular viciouse), {{enm-adj|viciouse}} vicious (plural and weak singular viciouse)
  1. Iniquitous, sinful, wicked (often in a way that causes harm or vice to/in others)
    Sense id: en-vicious-enm-adj-tX0lzxFA
  2. (rare) Lacking purity or cleanness; spoiled or defiled. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-vicious-enm-adj-xAkq8t53
  3. (rare) Inaccurate, modified, or debased; of substandard quality. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-vicious-enm-adj-grxRsDq2 Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 25 19 14 2 1 27 10 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 26 20 15 2 2 21 11 0 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 18 15 1 1 26 11 0 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 67 24 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ous: 12 6 51 30
  4. (rare) Injurious, dangerous; causing serious harm. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Ethics
    Sense id: en-vicious-enm-adj-4lq30EYh Disambiguation of Ethics: 5 9 35 51 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 26 20 15 2 2 21 11 0 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 18 15 1 1 26 11 0 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: viciows, vicius, vycious, vycyus, vicyous, vecyous, vysyous, vycios, vycyous, vicyows

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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