قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

Of or pertaining to twenty; consisting of twenty.

Lasting or comprising twenty years.

Happening once in twenty years; as, a vicennial celebration.

The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India.

A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees.

The dignity, office, or jurisdiction of a viceroy.

Viceroyalty.

Fault; defect; coarseness.

A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent solution of sodium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates, with sodium and potassium chlorides; also, by extension, any artificial or natural water resembling in composition the Vichy water proper. Called also, colloquially, Vichy.

See Vitiate.

Near; vicine.

Near; neighboring; vicinal.

An alkaloid ex tracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa) as a white crystalline substance.

of Vice

The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.

That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.

Vitiosity.

Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.

Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct.

Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc.