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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vicious \Vi"cious\, a. [OF. vicious, F. vicieux fr L.
vitiosus, fr vitium vice. See {Vice} a fault.]
1. Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty;
imperfect.
Though I perchance am vicious in my guess. --Shak.
The title of these lords was vicious in its origin.
--Burke.
A charge against Bentley of vicious reasoning. --De
Quincey.
2. Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct;
depraved; wicked; as vicious children; vicious examples;
vicious conduct.
Who . . . heard this heavy curse, Servant of
servants, on his vicious race. --Milton.
3. Wanting purity; foul; bad noxious; as vicious air,
water, etc --Dryden.
4. Not correct or pure; corrupt; as vicious language;
vicious idioms.
5. Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly;
refractory; as a vicious horse.
6. Bitter; spiteful; malignant. [Colloq.]
Syn: Corrupt; faulty; wicked; depraved. -- {Vi"cious*ly},
adv -- {Vi"cious*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
viciousness
n : the trait of extreme cruelty [syn: {ferociousness}, {brutality},
{savageness}, {savagery}]
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