vices
VYS-iz/ˈvaɪsɪz/
- 1Plural of vice.
He freely admitted that laziness and impatience were among his chief vices.
The hero of the novel struggles against his own vices throughout the story.
Note
The plural turns vice from bad behavior in general into a list of particular faults: laziness and impatience become two vices, each counted on its own. The same spelling covers a workshop tool, since vice is the Commonwealth spelling of vise, so a bench can hold several vices. It also names a horse's faults of temper that make the animal dangerous or less useful.
vices is a form of vice
vice, noun: Immoral or wicked behavior in general, or a particular bad habit or moral fault. Full entry
- Forms
- vicevices plural
- Spelling
- vice → vices: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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