vicarious

Definition

Delegated.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substituted”), 17th century.

Example Sentences

• "People experience vicarious pleasures through watching television."
• "The pleasures which I made haste to seek in my disguise were, as I have said, undignified; I would scarce use a harder term. But in the hands of Edward Hyde, they soon began to turn toward the monstrous. When I would come back from these excursions, I was often plunged into a kind of wonder at my vicarious depravity."
• "These are people getting some sort of vicarious thrill from the street violence people like Tommy Robinson promote. Those that are attacking Jess Philips, who I'm proud to call colleague and a friend, are not protecting victims."

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