Note 604 — Chapter XXV · HUMANISM AND MEDIAEVALISM

Cushman, 68. It has been derived from vis d’âne, and from vis, ‘a mask’; from the Latin vice, because the vice is the devil’s representative; from device, ‘a puppet moved by machinery,’ and finally, by the ingenious Theobald, from ‘O. E. jeck—Gk. εἰκαῖ, i.e. ϝικαῖ = ϝείκ = formal character.’