Old Portuguese

Noun

viço m

1. delight, pleasure
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 357 (facsimile):

     orto dos uiços do parayſo

     garden of the delights of Paradise

2. happiness
3. vice

Descendants

• Galician: vizo
• Portuguese: viço

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese viço, from Latin vitium (this form possibly semi-learned; compare the doublet vezo), from Proto-Indo-European *wi-tio-, from *wei ‎(“guilt, vice, fault”). Also doublet of vício.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.su/
• Hyphenation: vi‧ço

Noun

viço m (plural viços)

1. luxuriance, lushness
2. vigour, flushness
3. (dated) vice

Synonyms

• (vigour): vigor
• (vice): vício