vivacity
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Vivacity
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | the quality or condition of being vivacious |
| 2. | rare (often plural) a vivacious act or expression |
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Word Origin & History
vivacity
early 15c., from L. vivacitatem (nom. vivacitas) "vital force, liveliness," from vivax (gen. vivacis) "lively," also "long-lived," from vivere "to live" (see vital).
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Example sentences
Still, the vivacity and charm of the work and of its performance here easily carry the day.
He no doubt had the usual activity and vivacity that distinguishes the warm-blooded from the cold-blooded vertebrates.
The choreography was tame and the dancing careful, often lacking vivacity.
Her vivacity and good sense of humor will remain with all who knew her.
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