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vivacious |
2 definitions found 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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