Definitions:

1. experienced at secondhand adjective
   • I read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement.
2. occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function adjective
   • The patient had vicarious menstruation from their nose.
3. suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another adjective
   • The children thanked their parents for their vicarious atonement.

NearBy Words:

• vicariously