vicieux

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitiōsus. See vice +‎ -eux.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vi.sjø/

Adjective

vicieux (feminine singular vicieuse, masculine plural vicieux, feminine plural vicieuses)

lecherous, perverted, depraved
sly, deceitful; tricky (question)
vicious (horse)
(literary) wrong (word, pronunciation, etc.)

Antonyms

vertueux

Derived terms

Noun

vicieux m (plural vicieux)

pervert

Further reading

“vicieux” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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