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secret vice

secret vice noun: synonym of solitary vice.

Noun

secret vice (plural secret vices)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of solitary vice
    • The vice consists in any excitement of the genital organs produced otherwise than in the natural way. It is known by the terms, self-pollution, self-abuse, masturbation, onanism, manustupration, voluntary pollution, solitary or secret vice, and other names sufficiently explanatory.[1881, John Harvey Kellogg, Plain Facts for Old and Young
    Synonyms:
    solitary vice

Synonyms of secret vice

Forms of secret vice

pluralsecret vices

Questions about secret vice

What does secret vice mean?
Secret vice means synonym of solitary vice.
What part of speech is secret vice?
Secret vice is a noun.
What is the plural of secret vice?
The plural of secret vice is secret vices.

Words near secret vice in the dictionary

  1. secret society
  2. secret sock
  3. secret socks
  4. secret squirrel
  5. secret squirrels
  6. secret vice
  7. secret-sacred
  8. secreta
  9. secretability
  10. secretable
  11. secretage

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