vitiose

Latin

Etymology 1

From vitiōsus +‎ -ē (adverbial suffix).

Adverb

vitiōsē (comparative vitiōsius, superlative vitiōsissimē)

1. faultily, defectively, badly, corruptly

Usage notes

The superlative, vitiōsissimus, is attested, but the comparative is not.

Etymology 2

Adjective

vitiōse

1. vocative masculine singular of vitiōsus

References

• “vitiose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vitiose”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vitiose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.