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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vivacious \Vi*va"cious\ (?; 277), a. [L. v['i]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. ``Vivacious nonsense.'' --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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vivacious
adj : vigorous and active; "a vibrant group that challenged the
system"; "a charming and vivacious hostess"; "a
vivacious folk dance" [syn: {vibrant}]
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