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vivacity

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vi⋅vac⋅i⋅ty

  [vi-vas-i-tee, vahy-]
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–noun, plural -ties for 1.
1. the quality or state of being vivacious.
2. liveliness; animation; sprightliness: a people noted for their vivacity.
3. a vivacious act or statement.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L vīvācitās, equiv. to vīvāc- (s. of vīvāx long-lived, lively, equiv. to vīv(us) alive (see vital ) + -āx adj. suffix) + -i- -i- + -tās -ty 2
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vi·vac·i·ty   (vĭ-vās'ĭ-tē, vī-)   
n.  The quality or condition of being vivacious; liveliness: "the light and vivacity that laugh in the eyes of a child" (Charles Dickens).
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Word Origin & History

vivacity 
1432, from L. vivacitatem (nom. vivacitas) "vital force, liveliness," from vivax (gen. vivacis) "lively," also "long-lived," from vivere "to live" (see vital). Vivacious is first recorded c.1645.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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