vicariousPronunciation: /vɪˈkɛːrɪəs, vʌɪ-/Translate vicarious | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of vicarious adjective 1experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person:this catalogue brings vicarious pleasure in luxury living 2acting or done for another:a vicarious atonementDerivatives vicariously adverb vicariousness noun Origin: mid 17th century: from Latin vicarius 'substitute' (see vicar) + -ousvicarious in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of vicarious in the US English dictionary
