recidivous

English

WOTD – 3 June 2009

From Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”), from recidō (“fall back”).

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsɪd.ɪ.vəs/, /ɹəˈsɪd.ə.vəs/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)

recidivous (comparative more recidivous, superlative most recidivous)

Prone to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior.
- 1970, Hugo Adolf Bernatzik, Akha and Miao‎^[1], page 336:
  Recidivous thieves, on the other hand, must expect corporal punishment, which is meted out in addition to fines in money or goods.
Recurring (of a disease or another medical problem).
- 2002, F. Hagenmüller, M. P. Manns, H. G. Musmann, Medical Imaging in Gastroenterology and Hepatology‎^[2], page 72:
  In principle, resection of liver metastases is indicated when an extrahepatic recidivous occurrence or a second tumour is excluded.

prone to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior

recurring

Czech: recidivní
Hungarian: kiújuló, visszatérő (hu)
Italian: recidivo (it)
Russian: рециди́вный (ru) m (recidívnyj) (law, medicine), повторя́ющийся (ru) (povtorjájuščijsja) (less formal)