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vic·to·ri·ous
\(ˈ)vik|tōrēəs, -tȯr-\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French victorieus, from Latin victoriosus, from victoria victory + -osus -ous
1.
a. : having defeated an enemy or antagonist : having won a battle or contest : conquering, triumphant
< a victorious army >
< a victorious fighter >
< a victorious candidate >
b. : of, relating to, or characteristic of victory : emblematic or suggestive of a winner or a success
< a victorious flag >
< a victorious air >
2. : having displaced a rival : having won approval or acceptance instead of another
< an urban industrial society was victorious over historic agrarian forms >
3.
a. : evincing moral harmony or other attainment : consummating an endeavor : fulfilled
< a robust, thoroughly healthy, and withal, very prosperous and victorious man — Thomas Carlyle >
b. : achieving a perfection of form, grace, or vision (as in artistic performance) |