Is Vicariousness a Noun?

The oldest meaning of vicarious, which dates to the first half of the 1600s, is "serving instead of someone or something else." The word vicarious derives from the Latin noun vicis, which means "change," "alternation," or "stead." Vicis is also the source of the English prefix vice- (as in "vice president"), meaning " ...

Is Vicariousness a word?

vi·car·i·ous

adj. 1. Experienced or felt by empathy with or imaginary participation in the life of another person: read about mountain climbing and experienced vicarious thrills.

Is vicariously an adjective?

felt or experienced by watching or reading about someone else doing something, rather than by doing it yourself He got a vicarious thrill out of watching his son score the winning goal.

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