Meaning

2 senses
  1. Prone to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior.

    рецидиви́стскийrecidivístskij, рециди́вныйrecidívnyj, скло́нный к повторе́ниюsklónnyj k povtoréniju

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

    рециди́вныйrecidívnyj, повторя́ющийсяpovtorjájuščijsja

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
prone to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior:
recurring:

Origin

Adapted borrowing of Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”) + -ous, from recidō (“fall b

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

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Forms

more recidivous, most recidivous
Comparativemore recidivous Lesson
Superlativemost recidivous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
recidivous — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto