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vice

Произношение:
vice
Часть речи:
n
Происхождение:
[ME, fr. OF, fr. L vitium fault, vice]
Появление:
(14c)
Определение:
1 a: moral depravity or corruption: wickedness b: a moral fault or failing c: a habitual and usu. trivial defect or shortcoming: foible <suffered from the ~ of curiosity> 2: blemish, defect 3: a physical imperfection, deformity, or taint 4 a often cap: a character representing one of the vices in an English morality play b: buffoon, jester 5: an abnormal behavior pattern in a domestic animal detrimental to its health or usefulness 6: sexual immorality; esp: prostitution syn see fault, offense

Определение:
chiefly Brit var of vise

Часть речи:
prep
Происхождение:
[L, abl. of vicis change, alternation, stead--more at week]
Появление:
(1770)
Определение:
in the place of <I will preside, ~ the absent chairman>; also: rather than

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