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vividness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vivid  \Viv"id\,  a.  [L.  vividus  from  vivere  to  life;  akin  to 
  vivus  living.  See  {Quick},  a.,  and  cf  {Revive},  {Viand}, 
  {Victuals},  {Vital}.] 
  1.  True  to  the  life;  exhibiting  the  appearance  of  life  or 
  freshness;  animated;  spirited;  bright;  strong;  intense; 
  as  vivid  colors. 
 
  In  dazzling  streaks  the  vivid  lightnings  play. 
  --Cowper. 
 
  Arts  which  present,  with  all  the  vivid  charms  of 
  painting,  the  human  face  and  human  form  divine. 
  --Bp.  Hobart. 
 
  2.  Forming  brilliant  images,  or  painting  in  lively  colors; 
  lively;  sprightly;  as  a  vivid  imagination. 
 
  Body  is  a  fit  workhouse  for  sprightly,  vivid 
  faculties  to  exercise  .  .  .  themselves  in  --South. 
 
  Syn:  Clear;  lucid;  bright;  strong;  striking;  lively;  quick; 
  sprightly;  active.  --  {Viv"id*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Viv"id*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vividness 
  n  1:  interest  and  variety  and  intensity:  "the  Puritan  Period  was 
  lacking  in  color"  [syn:  {color},  {colour}] 
  2:  chromatic  purity:  freedom  from  dilution  with  white  and  hence 
  vividness  of  hue  [syn:  {saturation},  {chroma},  {intensity}]




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