adj
Meaning 1
Delegated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vicarious
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /vɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /vaɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/
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/vaɪˈkɛɹi.əs/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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/vəˈkɛɹi.əs/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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rhymes with -ɛəɹi.əs
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CMU ARPABET: V AY0 K EH1 R IY0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Experienced or gained by taking in another person’s experience rather than through first-hand experience, such as through watching or reading.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- People experience vicarious pleasures through watching television.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
On behalf of others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The concept of vicarious atonement, that one person can atone for the sins of another, is found in many religions.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- vicarious atonement
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- vicarious menstruation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
experienced at secondhand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin vicis Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin vicāriusbor. Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English vicarious From Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substituted”) + English -ous. First attested in the 17th century. Doublet of vicar.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: делегиран (delegiran) — delegated
- French: par procuration — delegated
- German: stellvertretend — delegated
- German: anstelle von — delegated
- German: übertragen — delegated
- German: nachempfunden — delegated
- German: in Vertretung — delegated
- Russian: делегированный (delegirovannyj) — delegated
- Czech: zástupný — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- Dutch: indirect — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- Dutch: overgedragen — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- French: indirect — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- French: par procuration — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- German: indirekt — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- German: übertragen — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- German: projiziert — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- German: begleitend — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- Hungarian: másodkézből való — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- Hungarian: másodlagos — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- Hungarian: közvetett — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- Russian: замещающий (zameščajuščij) — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- Slovak: sprostredkovaný — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- Spanish: vicario — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- Spanish: vicarial — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- Spanish: vicariante — experienced or gained by the loss or to the consequence of another
- Bulgarian: заместващ (zamestvašt) — on behalf of others
- Dutch: plaatsvervangend — on behalf of others
- Finnish: toisen puolesta tehty — on behalf of others
- French: par procuration — on behalf of others
- Georgian: სხვის ნაცვლად შესრულებული (sxvis nacvlad šesrulebuli) — on behalf of others
- German: stellvertretend — on behalf of others
- German: Ersatz- — on behalf of others
- German: substituiert — on behalf of others
- Hungarian: más helyett végzett/elviselt/tapasztalt — on behalf of others
- Japanese: 身代わりの (migawari-no) — on behalf of others
- Portuguese: vicário — on behalf of others
- Slovak: sprostredkovaný — on behalf of others
- Slovak: delegovaný — on behalf of others
- Slovak: zástupný — on behalf of others
- Spanish: vicario — on behalf of others
- Spanish: vicarial — on behalf of others
- Spanish: vicariante — on behalf of others