vice

  • 51VICE — s. m. Défaut, imperfection. Vice de nature. Vice de conformation. Vice de construction. Cette maladie vient d un vice du sang. Ce cheval n a point de vices. Vice rédhibitoire. Il y a un vice considérable dans cet acte. Vice de forme. Vice de… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 52VICE — n. m. Défaut, imperfection grave qui rend une personne ou une chose plus ou moins impropre à sa destination. Vice de nature. Vice de conformation. Vice rédhibitoire. Ce cheval n’a point de vices. Il y a un vice dans cet acte. Vice de forme. Vice… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 53vice — I. VICE. s. m. Defaut, imperfection, faute. Vice de nature. vice de conformation. ce cheval n a point de vices. il y a erreur aux dattes. c est un vice de clerc, de copiste. Vice, signifie aussi dans l homme, Une habitude de l ame qui porte au… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 54vice — 01. His only [vice] is his great fondness for expensive wines. 02. Of my many [vices], I think smoking will be the most difficult to quit. 03. My husband insists that having a glass of wine every night is a [vice], but I think it s just a… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 55Vice — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Vice (homonymie). Le vice désigne d une manière générale et non morale ce qui est défectueux, le défaut. En morale, c est un penchant devenu habitude que la morale religieuse ou sociale réprouve (en matière… …

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  • 56VICE — Infobox Software name = VICE caption = VICE emulating Commodore 64 collapsible = author = developer = VICE team released = latest release version = 2.0 latest release date = Release date and age|2008|7|25 latest preview version = latest preview… …

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  • 57Vice — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vice >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vice vice Sgm: N 1 evil doing evil doing evil courses Sgm: N 1 wrongdoing wrongdoing Sgm: N 1 wickedness wickedness viciousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 iniquity …

    English dictionary for students

  • 58vice — Including the prefix vice , English has three distinct words vice. The oldest, ‘wickedness’ [13], comes via Old French vice from Latin vitium ‘defect, offence’, which also gave English vicious [14], vitiate [16], and vituperate [16]. Vice ‘tool… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 59vice — Including the prefix vice , English has three distinct words vice. The oldest, ‘wickedness’ [13], comes via Old French vice from Latin vitium ‘defect, offence’, which also gave English vicious [14], vitiate [16], and vituperate [16]. Vice ‘tool… …

    Word origins

  • 60vice — vice1 /vuys/, n. 1. an immoral or evil habit or practice. 2. immoral conduct; depraved or degrading behavior: a life of vice. 3. sexual immorality, esp. prostitution. 4. a particular form of depravity. 5. a fault, defect, or shortcoming: a minor… …

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