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vi·va·cious

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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 Audio Help (vĭ-vā'shəs, vī-) Pronunciation Key
adj. Full of animation and spirit; lively: a charming and vivacious host.

[From Latin vīvāx, vīvāc-, from vīvere, to live; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

vi·va'cious·ly adv., vi·va'cious·ness n.

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vivacious
adjective
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.

Arabic:	مَليء بالحَيَوِيَّة والنَّشاط
Chinese (Simplified):	活泼的
Chinese (Traditional):	活潑的
Czech:	temperamentní
Danish:	livlig
Dutch:	levendig
Estonian:	elav
Finnish:	vilkas
French:	vif
German:	lebhaft
Greek:	ζωντανός, ενεργητικός, χαρούμενος
Hungarian:	élénk
Icelandic:	líflegur
Indonesian:	ceria
Italian:	vivace, brioso

Japanese:	活発な
Korean:	활발한, 쾌활한, 명랑한
Latvian:	dzīvespriecīgs; sparīgs; žirgts
Lithuanian:	gyvas, smagus
Norwegian:	livlig, kvikk
Polish:	pełen życia
Portuguese (Brazil):	vivaz
Portuguese (Portugal):	vivo
Romanian:	vioi
Russian:	оживлённый
Slovak:	živý, veselý, temperamentný
Slovenian:	živahen
Spanish:	vivaz, animado, lleno de vida
Swedish:	livlig, livfull
Turkish:	şen, hayat dolu

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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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