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vizio

vice

noun VEE-tsyoh Rare
Mind & Emotions Values

Origin: From Latin vitium (fault, defect), source also of English 'vice'.

Also means

bad habit

Usage Note

Vizio covers moral vices (gambling, drinking) and also simply a bad habit or defect (un vizio di pronuncia — a speech defect). The phrase per vizio means 'out of habit'. Plural: vizi. The adjective viziato means 'spoiled' (of a child) or 'flawed' (of an argument).

Examples

"Il fumo è il suo unico vizio."

Natural Translation

Smoking is his only vice.

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