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De - Pt| English Dictionary: vivaciousness | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Vivacious \Vi*va"cious\ (?; 277), a. [L. v[a1]vax, -acis, fr. vivere to live. See {Vivid}.] 1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. [Obs.] Hitherto the English bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder. . . . But five died for the first twenty years of her [Queen Elizabeth's] reign. --Fuller. The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be. --I. Taylor. 2. Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet. [bd]Vivacious nonsense.[b8] --V. Knox. 3. (Bot.) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial. [R.] Syn: Sprightly; active; animated; sportive; gay; merry; jocund; light-hearted. -- {Vi*va"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Vi*va"cious*ness}, n. | |
