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 vicarious vicarious /vaɪˈkɛriːəs/

adjective

  1. () Experienced at secondhand  ( vicarious )
    experienced at secondhand
     Read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement
    read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement
  2. Suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another  ( vicarious )
    suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another
     Vicarious atonement
    vicarious atonement
  3. (medicine) occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function  ( vicarious )
    (medicine) occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function
     Vicarious menstruation
    vicarious menstruation