vicarious

vicarious is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as preposition and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. preposition. Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
2. preposition. Acting of suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer.
3. preposition. Performed of suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment.
4. preposition. Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.
5. adjective. suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another

   "vicarious atonement"

6. adjective. occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function

   "vicarious menstruation"

7. adjective. experienced at secondhand

   "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement"

Common word forms

vicariously, vicariousness

Words from these letters

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