vibrant

the degree of obstruction or the type of channel imposed upon the passage of air at a given place of articulation like stop, fricative, nasal, semivowel

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Origin:
1540–50; < Latin vibrant- (stem of vibrāns), present participle of vibrāre to shake, move to and fro; see -ant

Related forms

vi·bran·cy, vi·brance, noun

vi·brant·ly, adverb

un·vi·brant, adjective

un·vi·brant·ly, adverb

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vibrant (ˈvaɪbrənt)

—*adj*
1.	characterized by or exhibiting vibration; pulsating or trembling
2.	giving an impression of vigour and activity
3.	caused by vibration; resonant
4.	(of colour) strong and vivid
5.	phonetics trilled or rolled

—n
6.	a vibrant speech sound, such as a trilled ()

[C16: from Latin vibrāre to agitate]

'vibrancy

—n

'vibrantly

—*adv*

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vibrant

c.1550, "agitated," from L. vibrantem (nom. vibrans) "swaying," prp. of vibrare "move to and fro" (see vibrate). Meaning "vigorous, full of life" is first recorded 1860.

Example sentences

Each guestroom has colorful, vibrant décor and includes cable television and

direct dialing service.

It has lost the three vital qualities that kept it alive and vibrant.

We are creating a nation once again vibrant, robust, and alive.

As you all know, a vibrant aviation system is part of a vibrant economy.

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"We will sing of great crowds excited by work, by pleasure, and by riot; we will sing of the multicolored, polyphonic tides of revolution in the modern capitals; we will sing of the vibrant nightly fervour of arsenals and shipyards blazing with violent electric moons; greedy railway stations that devour smoke-plumed serpents; factories hung on clouds by the crooked lines of their smoke; bridges that stride the rivers like giant gymnasts, flashing in the sun with a glitter of knives; adventurous steamers that sniff the horizons; deep-chested locomotives whose wheels paw the tracks like the hooves of enormous steel horses bridled by tubing; and the sleek flight of planes whose propellers chatter in the wind like banners and seem to cheer like an enthusiastic crowd."

-Tommaso Marinetti