vice
Bad or immoral behaviour. (Especially often, a habit that harms oneself or others)
Noun 3 meanings
Bad or immoral behaviour. (Especially often, a habit that harms oneself or others)
“Pride is a vice, not a virtue.”
A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
Adjective 1 meaning
in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
“vice president”
Preposition 1 meaning
Instead of; in place of; versus.
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English vice, from Old French vice, from Latin vitium (“fault or blemish”). Displaced native Old English unþēaw.
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VICE at a glance
VICE has 4 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (V 4 + I 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,974 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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