vicarious
vahy ke ree uhs
- s experienced at secondhand
read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement - s occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function
vicarious menstruation - s suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another
vicarious atonement
- In this feat of the New Zealand beekeeper, Edmund Hillary, and the sinewy Sherpa tribesman, Tenzing, millions down in the mundane valleys felt a vicarious exhilaration.
- It was, as if, the whole country derived vicarious pleasure in the win of their football team over their traditional rivals.
- It's hard to pinpoint the precise draw of reality TV: There's the vicarious thrill of talent competitions like American Idol, with its promise of stardom for shower-singers; there .