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ultravicious en · ADJ

Etymology

From ultra- + vicious.

Meanings

1. Extrordinarily vicious.
   • According to Hobhouse, this method is sound, provided (1) we all agree upon what qualities are good for ‘society. But lacking this common social philosophy, we can indeed apply eugenics to a limited extent if we all agree with the careful Eugencists that we do not want certain ultravicious defects such as feeble-mindedness, insanity, alcoholism, syphilis, or tuberculosis. 1928, Chatterjee Ramananda, The Modern Review, Volume XLIII (43), The Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 263:
   • He's the leader of The Blood Family, the ultravicious crime syndicate that moved in and took over in the years that followed John Harder ridding the city of the mafia. 2017, Shea Serrano, Basketball (and Other Things):
   • When I began divorce proceedings against the ultracute, ultravicious Doctor John Richard Korman, I’d been so determined that he would support our son well that I’d become an Official Nosy Person. 2002, Diane Mott Davidson, Chopping Spree, Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 20:
   • I believe tourists are no longer allowed to climb the steps due to liability issues, but I could hardly ditch the opportunity for a great scene full of pathos, humor, and romance! The Museo de Arte Mejicana is a fictitious representation of the variety of fine museums in Mexico City. The Fraternidad de la Garra (Brotherhood of the Claw) is my invention, but its based on a very real, ultravicious, and widespread international gang, the Mara Salvatrucha (also known as the MS13). 2008, Jill Elizabeth Nelson, Reluctant Smuggler, Multnomah Books, →ISBN, page 9:
   • Perhaps some of these ultravicious fallen angels, now kept bound, will then be loosed to deceive the nations to initiate the last desperate rebellion against the Lord. 1959, M. R. De Haan, Revelation, Zondervan Publishing House, page 211:
   • To continue the discussion from last column, one of the unspoken questions you raise is what you should do as a player when there is a power gamer in your midst. The most obvious form of power gamer is the ultravicious combat god, but there are other ways to power game. You can power game Bluff and Diplomacy, or sneaking and hiding, or knowledge and information -- all kinds of things, really. Power gaming is simply an attitude of trying to make the mechanically best character possible for whatever your character vision may be. 2006, Jason Nelson-Brown, Save My Game: Secrecy and Favoritism Redux, Wizards of the Coast, Incorporated, page 1:
   • The ultravicious character appeared in only five theatrical cartoons, […] 2005, Hal Erickson, Television Cartoon Shows: The shows, M-Z, page 829:

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