adverb
vitiōsē
vitiōsē (comparative vitiōsius, superlative vitiōsissimē)
Meaning
- faultily, defectively, badly, corruptly
vĭtĭōsē, adv., v. vitiosus
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vitiōsē adv. with comp.
vitiosus, faultily, defectively, badly, corruptly: vitiose se habet membrum tumidum: illud vitiosius (dixit).
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin vitiōsus Latin -ē Latin vitiōsē From vitiōsus + -ē (adverbial suffix).