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noun
1.
enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit: Her latest novel lacks verve.
2.
vivaciousness; liveliness; animation: I like a teacher with plenty of verve.
3.
Archaic. talent.
Origin:
1690–1700; < French: enthusiasm, whim, chatter, apparently < Latin verba words, talk, plural (taken in VL as feminine singular) of verbum word; see verb
1690–1700; < French: enthusiasm, whim, chatter, apparently < Latin verba words, talk, plural (taken in VL as feminine singular) of verbum word; see verb
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Example Sentences
- Shana had a verve for life that was readily apparent to all who knew her.
- Posner may be wrong-headed, but he has bite and verve.
- Phages are viruses that attack bacteria with the same verve that some other viral species attack people.
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World English Dictionary
| verve (vɜːv) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | great vitality, enthusiasm, and liveliness; sparkle |
| 2. | a rare word for talent |
| [C17: from Old French: garrulity, from Latin verba words, chatter] | |
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Word Origin & History
verve
1697, "special talent in writing," from Fr. verve "enthusiasm" (especially pertaining to the arts), in O.Fr. "caprice, odd humor, proverb" (12c.), probably from Gallo-Romance *verva, from L. verba "(whimsical) words," plural of verbum "word" (see verb). Meaning "mental vigor" is first recorded 1803.
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