vicarious

 
Pronunciation: /vɪˈkɛːrɪəs, vʌɪ-/

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 atonement

Derivatives

vicariously

adverb

vicariousness

noun

Origin:

mid 17th century: from Latin vicarius 'substitute' (see vicar) + -ous