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vibrant

[vahy-bruhnt]

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adjective

moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.

vibrating so as to produce sound, as a string.

(of sounds) characterized by perceptible vibration; resonant; resounding.

pulsating with vigor and energy: the vibrant life of a large city.

vigorous; energetic; vital: a vibrant personality.

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exciting; stimulating; lively: vibrant colors; a vibrant performance.

Phonetics. made with tonal vibration of the vocal cords; voiced.

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noun

Phonetics. a vibrant sound.

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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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Word Origin & History

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.

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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."

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