vi·va·cious
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Audio Help [vi-vey-shuh
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| lively; animated; gay: a vivacious folk dance. |
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vi·va·cious·ly, adverb
vi·va·cious·ness, noun
—Synonyms spirited, brisk.
—Antonyms languid.
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vivacious
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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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| vigorous and animated; "a vibrant group that challenged the system"; "a charming and vivacious hostess"; "a vivacious folk dance" [syn: vibrant] |
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vivacious [viˈveiʃəs] adjective
lively and bright
Example: She is vivacious and attractive.
Example: She is vivacious and attractive.
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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