vicarious

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Adapted borrowing of Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substituted”) + -ous, 17th century. Doublet of vicar.

All trouble and all piety are vicarious. — Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection, Walter Savage Landor
She would have a vicarious youth in Salome’s. — Chronicles of Avonlea, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
For the host: rejuvenation of intelligence, vicarious satisfaction. — Ulysses, James Joyce

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