recidivous

English

WOTD – 3 June 2009

Etymology

From Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”), from recidō (“fall back”)

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsɪd.ɪ.vəs/, /ɹəˈsɪd.ə.vəs/

Adjective

recidivous (comparative more recidivous, superlative most recidivous)

Prone to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior.
- 1970, Hugo Adolf Bernatzik, Akha and Miao, p 336 :
  Recidivous thieves, on the other hand, must expect corporal punishment, which is meted out in addition to fines in money or goods.
Recurring (of a disease or another medical problem).
- 2002, F. Hagenmüller, M. P. Manns, H. G. Musmann, Medical Imaging in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, p 72
  In principle, resection of liver metastases is indicated when an extrahepatic recidivous occurrence or a second tumour is excluded.

Related terms

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/accident' title='accident'>accident</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/accidentally' title='accidentally'>accidentally</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/cadaver' title='cadaver'>cadaver</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/cadence' title='cadence'>cadence</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/cascade' title='cascade'>cascade</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/casual' title='casual'>casual</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/casualty' title='casualty'>casualty</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/chance' title='chance'>chance</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/coincide' title='coincide'>coincide</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/decadence' title='decadence'>decadence</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/decadent' title='decadent'>decadent</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/decay' title='decay'>decay</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/deciduous' title='deciduous'>deciduous</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/incidence' title='incidence'>incidence</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/incident' title='incident'>incident</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/occasion' title='occasion'>occasion</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/occident' title='occident'>occident</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/Occident' title='Occident'>Occident</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/occidental' title='occidental'>occidental</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/occiduous' title='occiduous'>occiduous</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/recidivate' title='recidivate'>recidivate</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/recidivism' title='recidivism'>recidivism</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/recidivist' title='recidivist'>recidivist</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/recidivistic' title='recidivistic'>recidivistic</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/recidivous' title='recidivous'>recidivous</a>

Translations

prone to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior

Czech: náchylný k (cs) recidivě f
Italian: recidivo (it)

Russian: рецидивистский (ru) (recidivistskij), рецидивный (ru) m (recidívnij) (law, medicine), склонный к повторению m (sklónnij k povtoréniju) (literally)

recurring

Czech: recidivní
Italian: recidivo (it)

Russian: рецидивный (ru) m (recidívnij) (law, medicine), повторяющийся (ru) (povtorjájuschijsja) (less formal)

Anagrams

veridicous

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