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vivacious

[ vi-vey-shuhs, vahy- ]

adjective

  1. lively; animated; spirited:

    a vivacious folk dance.

    Synonyms: brisk, spirited

    Antonyms: languid



vivacious

/ vɪˈveɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. full of high spirits and animation; lively or vital
  2. obsolete.
    having or displaying tenacity of life


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Derived Forms

  • viˈvaciousness, noun
  • viˈvaciously, adverb

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Other Words From

  • vi·vacious·ly adverb
  • vi·vacious·ness noun
  • unvi·vacious adjective
  • unvi·vacious·ly adverb
  • unvi·vacious·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vivacious1

First recorded in 1635–45; vivaci(ty) + -ous

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vivacious1

C17: from Latin vīvax lively; see vivace

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Example Sentences

Hadeel, a vivacious 27-year-old from the Wadi Ara region, teaches Arabic in a Jewish Israeli elementary school.

That vivacious naiveté has served him well, universalizing much of what he writes.

A vivacious and attractive blonde, Mary had no shortage of male admirers, and at the age of 19 she married a former serviceman.

The resulting image is one of the most celebrated pictures of the glamorous and vivacious Diana at the peak of her fame.

“We go to parties every night,” Fodiman said, and Kelley as a “charming, lovely, vivacious” host is not a unique figure.

One of them, a vivacious young Frenchwoman, was induced to give Barrois's romance, "J'ai vu fleurir notre dernier lilas!"

Her bright vivacious countenance looked as if she was always on the alert.

Sloth in women is cured either by vanity or love; though, in vivacious women, it is an omen of love.

In her vivacious light-heartedness she imitated him as he launched his thunderbolts at her crushed parent.

It is a brisk and vivacious meal except when it is broken up by a visit from the American newspaper correspondents.

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