Meaning

adjective experienced at secondhand

adjective occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function

adjective suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin vicis Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -ārius Latin vicāriusbor. Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English vicarious From Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substituted”) + English…

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