The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is…

vicarious (adj) – 1. Experienced or felt by empathy with or imaginary participation in the life of another person.
2. Endured or done by one person substituting for another.
3. Committed or entrusted to another, as powers or authority; delegated.
4. (Physiology) Occurring in or performed by a part of the body not normally associated with a certain function.

Source : The Free Dictionary

Etymology : If you act in someone’s stead, you take his or her place, at least temporarily. The oldest meaning of vicarious, which dates to the first half of the 1600s, is “serving instead of someone or something else.” The word vicarious derives from the Latin noun vicis, which means “change,” “alternation,” or “stead.” Vicis is also the source of the English prefix vice- (as in “vice president”), meaning “one that takes the place of.”

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