recidivous

English

WOTD – 3 June 2009

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”) +‎ -ous, from recidō (“fall back”). Doublet of recidive. By surface analysis, recidive +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsɪd.ɪ.vəs/, /ɹəˈsɪd.ə.vəs/

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Adjective

recidivous (comparative more recidivous, superlative most recidivous)

1. Prone to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior.

   Synonyms: recidive, recidivist, recidivistic

   • 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.

2. Recurring (of a disease or another medical problem).

   Synonym: recidive

   • 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.

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d- (0 c, 33 e)

Translations

prone to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior

• Czech: náchylný k (cs) recidivě (cs) f
• Hungarian: visszaeső (hu)
• Italian: recidivo (it)
• Russian: рецидиви́стский (ru) (recidivístskij), рециди́вный (ru) m (recidívnyj) (law, medicine), скло́нный к повторе́нию m (sklónnyj k povtoréniju) (literally)

recurring

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

Anagrams

• veridicous