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vi⋅va⋅cious

  [vi-vey-shuhs, vahy-]
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–adjective
lively; animated; gay: a vivacious folk dance.
Origin:
1635–45; vivaci(ty) + -ous

Related forms:
vi⋅va⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
vi⋅va⋅cious⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
spirited, brisk.

Antonyms:
languid.
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vi·va·cious   (vĭ-vā'shəs, vī-)   
adj.  Full of animation and spirit; lively: a charming and vivacious host.

[From Latin vīvāx, vīvāc-, from vīvere, to live; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]
vi·va'cious·ly adv., vi·va'cious·ness n.
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Vivacious

Vi*va"cious\ (?; 277), a. [L. v['i]vax, -acis, fr. vivere to live. See Vivid.]

1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. [Obs.]

Hitherto the English bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder. . . . But five died for the first twenty years of her [Queen Elizabeth's] reign. --Fuller.

The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be. --I. Taylor.

2. Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet. "Vivacious nonsense." --V. Knox.

3. (Bot.) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial. [R.]

Syn: Sprightly; active; animated; sportive; gay; merry; jocund; light-hearted. -- Vi*va"cious*ly, adv. -- Vi*va"cious*ness, n.
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Language Translation for : vivacious
Spanish: vivaz, animado, lleno de vida,
German: lebhaft,
Japanese: 活発な
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