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vicariousMain Entry:
vicarious
Pronunciation:
\v-ker--s, v
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Latin vicarius, from vicis change, alternation, stead more at week
Date:
1637
1 a:serving instead of someone or something elseb:that has been delegated <vicarious authority>2:performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to the benefit or advantage of another :substitutionary<a vicarious sacrifice>3:experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another4:occurring in an unexpected or abnormal part of the body instead of the usual one <vicarious menstruation manifested by bleeding from the nose> vicariously adverb vicariousness noun Please use the above word in a sentence.The vicarious ramblings of the Evans boys are preventing Dave from getting Janet's coffee in a timely manner, as well as preventing Chrissy from concentrating on something more important, like teaching.