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recidivous.

Prone to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɹɪˈsɪd.ɪ.vəs/UK, US/ɹəˈsɪd.ə.vəs/UK, US
  1. Prone to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior.

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

Where this word comes from

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

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